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Kalonymus ben Kalonymus ben Meir ( Hebrew : קלונימוס בן קלונימוס), also romanized as Qalonymos ben Qalonymos or Calonym ben Calonym , also known as Maestro Calo ( Arles , 1286 – died after 1328) was a Jewish philosopher and translator from the Hachmei Provence of Provence , France. Kalonymus studied philosophy and rabbinical literature at Salon-de-Provence under the direction of Abba Mari ben Eligdor and Moses ben Solomon of Beaucaire. Kalonymus also studied medicine , but seems not to have practiced it. Kalonymus was from a prominent and distinguished Provençal Jewish family. The father of Kalonymus and Kalonymus themselves each bore the title " Nasi " (prince).1
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Kalonymus ben Kalonymus ben Meir (born at Arles 1286; died after 1328) was a Provençal Jewish philosopher and translator. He studied philosophy and rabbinical literature at Salonica , under the direction of Senior Astruc de Noves and Moses ben Solomon of Beaucaire . He also studied medicine, although he seems never to have practised it. He was from a prominent and distinguished Provençal Jewish family. The father of Kalonymus and Kalonymus himself each bore the title " Nasi " (president).
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Kalonymus ben Kalonymus ben Meir ( Arles , 1286 – died after 1328) was a Provençal Jewish philosopher and translator. He studied philosophy and rabbinical literature at Salonica , under the direction of Senior Astruc de Noves and Moses ben Solomon of Beaucaire . He also studied medicine, although he seems never to have practised it. He was from a prominent and distinguished Provençal Jewish family. The father of Kalonymus and Kalonymus himself each bore the title " Nasi " (president).
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Kalonymus ben Kalonymus ben Meir ( Hebrew : קלונימוס בן קלונימוס), also romanized as Qalonymos ben Qalonymos or Calonym ben Calonym , also known as Maestro Calo ( Arles , 1286 – died after 1328) was a Jewish philosopher and translator from Hachmei Provence (now Provence , France).He studied philosophy and rabbinical literature at Thessaloniki under the direction of Abba Mari ben Eligdor and Moses ben Solomon of Beaucaire . He also studied medicine , although he seems never to have practised it. He was from a prominent and distinguished Provençal Jewish family. The father of Kalonymus and Kalonymus himself each bore the title " Nasi " (prince).
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French Jewish philosopher and translator Kalonymus ben Kalonymus ben Meir ( Hebrew : קלונימוס בן קלונימוס), also romanized as Qalonymos ben Qalonymos or Calonym ben Calonym , also known as Maestro Calo ( Arles , 1286 – died after 1328) was a Jewish philosopher, translator, and hakham of Provence . Kalonymus studied philosophy and rabbinical literature at Salon-de-Provence under the direction of Abba Mari ben Eligdor and Moses ben Solomon of Beaucaire. Kalonymus also studied medicine , but seems not to have practiced it. Kalonymus was from a prominent and distinguished Provençal Jewish family. Kalonymus and Kalonymus's father each bore the title " Nasi " (prince).
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