Hexapla
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Hexapla is a massive critical edition of the Hebrew Bible compiled by the early Christian scholar Origen, presenting multiple parallel Greek and Hebrew text versions for comparative study.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hexapla canonical | 2 |
| Origen’s Hexapla | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T840389 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hexapla Context triple: [Origen, knownFor, Hexapla]
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A.
Septuagint
The Septuagint is an ancient Greek translation of the Hebrew Scriptures that became the primary Old Testament text for early Christians and Greek-speaking Jews.
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B.
Peshitta
The Peshitta is the standard Syriac version of the Bible, historically central to Syriac Christianity’s scripture and liturgy.
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C.
Codex Bezae
Codex Bezae is a 5th-century Greek-Latin bilingual manuscript of the New Testament, notable for its distinctive textual variants and importance in biblical textual criticism.
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D.
Codex Sinaiticus
Codex Sinaiticus is one of the oldest and most complete surviving manuscripts of the Christian Bible, written in Greek on parchment in the 4th century.
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E.
Letter of Aristeas
The Letter of Aristeas is a Hellenistic Jewish pseudepigraphal work that narrates the legendary origins of the Greek translation of the Hebrew Bible known as the Septuagint.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hexapla Target entity description: Hexapla is a massive critical edition of the Hebrew Bible compiled by the early Christian scholar Origen, presenting multiple parallel Greek and Hebrew text versions for comparative study.
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A.
Septuagint
The Septuagint is an ancient Greek translation of the Hebrew Scriptures that became the primary Old Testament text for early Christians and Greek-speaking Jews.
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B.
Peshitta
The Peshitta is the standard Syriac version of the Bible, historically central to Syriac Christianity’s scripture and liturgy.
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C.
Codex Bezae
Codex Bezae is a 5th-century Greek-Latin bilingual manuscript of the New Testament, notable for its distinctive textual variants and importance in biblical textual criticism.
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D.
Codex Sinaiticus
Codex Sinaiticus is one of the oldest and most complete surviving manuscripts of the Christian Bible, written in Greek on parchment in the 4th century.
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E.
Letter of Aristeas
The Letter of Aristeas is a Hellenistic Jewish pseudepigraphal work that narrates the legendary origins of the Greek translation of the Hebrew Bible known as the Septuagint.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
biblical manuscript
ⓘ
critical edition ⓘ textual apparatus ⓘ |
| aimedAt | clarifying differences between Hebrew and Greek texts ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Hexapla
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surface form:
Origen’s Hexapla
|
| associatedWith | Alexandrian scholarship ⓘ |
| compiler | Origen ⓘ |
| compilerInstanceOf | Origen, early Christian theologian ⓘ |
| compilerReligion | Christian ⓘ |
| dateOfCompilation | early 3rd century ⓘ |
| era | Patristic period ⓘ |
| field |
Septuagint studies
ⓘ
biblical studies ⓘ textual criticism ⓘ |
| genre | biblical scholarship ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Aquila of Sinope’s Greek translation
ⓘ
Hebrew text in Hebrew characters ⓘ Hebrew text transliterated into Greek characters ⓘ Septuagint ⓘ Symmachus’s Greek translation ⓘ Theodotion’s Greek translation ⓘ |
| influenced |
Christian exegesis
ⓘ
later biblical textual criticism ⓘ |
| knownFrom |
fragments
ⓘ
later quotations ⓘ |
| language |
Greek
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Hebrew ⓘ |
| methodology |
philological comparison
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use of critical signs in the Septuagint column ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
inclusion of Hebrew base text
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parallel column layout ⓘ systematic comparison of multiple Greek versions ⓘ |
| numberOfColumns | 6 ⓘ |
| placeOfCompilation | Caesarea Maritima ⓘ |
| preservationLocation | partly preserved in the Syro-Hexapla ⓘ |
| primaryPurpose |
comparison of Hebrew and Greek biblical texts
ⓘ
textual criticism of the Old Testament ⓘ |
| relatedWork | Tetrapla ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Christianity ⓘ |
| scriptType | ancient manuscript format ⓘ |
| scripturalCanon | Septuagint tradition ⓘ |
| status | largely lost ⓘ |
| usedBy | early Christian scholars ⓘ |
| workSubject |
Tanakh
ⓘ
surface form:
Hebrew Bible
Bible ⓘ
surface form:
Old Testament
|
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Subject: Hexapla Description of subject: Hexapla is a massive critical edition of the Hebrew Bible compiled by the early Christian scholar Origen, presenting multiple parallel Greek and Hebrew text versions for comparative study.
Referenced by (3)
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this entity surface form:
Origen’s Hexapla