Old Church Slavonic Bible
E120219
The Old Church Slavonic Bible is the earliest Slavic translation of the Christian scriptures, foundational for Slavic literary culture and Orthodox Christian tradition.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Old Church Slavonic Bible canonical | 1 |
| Old Church Slavonic canon of Gospels | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1040540 — 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: Old Church Slavonic Bible Context triple: [Glagolitic script, usedFor, Old Church Slavonic Bible]
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A.
Leningrad Codex
The Leningrad Codex is the oldest complete manuscript of the Hebrew Bible in Hebrew, produced by the Masoretic tradition around 1008–1010 CE and serving as a primary textual basis for modern critical editions.
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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.
Georgian Bible
The Georgian Bible is a translation of the Christian scriptures into the Georgian language, historically rooted in early Eastern Christian traditions.
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D.
Vulgate
The Vulgate is the late-4th-century Latin version of the Bible, traditionally attributed to St. Jerome, that became the Catholic Church’s standard biblical text for many centuries.
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E.
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.
- 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: Old Church Slavonic Bible Target entity description: The Old Church Slavonic Bible is the earliest Slavic translation of the Christian scriptures, foundational for Slavic literary culture and Orthodox Christian tradition.
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A.
Leningrad Codex
The Leningrad Codex is the oldest complete manuscript of the Hebrew Bible in Hebrew, produced by the Masoretic tradition around 1008–1010 CE and serving as a primary textual basis for modern critical editions.
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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.
Georgian Bible
The Georgian Bible is a translation of the Christian scriptures into the Georgian language, historically rooted in early Eastern Christian traditions.
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D.
Vulgate
The Vulgate is the late-4th-century Latin version of the Bible, traditionally attributed to St. Jerome, that became the Catholic Church’s standard biblical text for many centuries.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Bible translation
ⓘ
Christian scripture translation ⓘ Slavic Bible ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Great Moravia
ⓘ
Saint Cyril ⓘ Saint Methodius ⓘ mission to the Slavs ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Koine Greek New Testament
ⓘ
surface form:
Greek New Testament
Septuagint ⓘ
surface form:
Greek Septuagint
|
| contains |
Apostolos
ⓘ
Gospels ⓘ Euchologion ⓘ
surface form:
Prophetologion
Psalms ⓘ |
| earliestIn | Slavic Bible translations ⓘ |
| genre |
religious text
ⓘ
sacred scripture ⓘ |
| impact |
development of Slavic Christian literature
ⓘ
standardization of Old Church Slavonic ⓘ |
| influenced |
Old Church Slavonic literature
ⓘ
Slavic Christian vocabulary ⓘ Slavic biblical terminology ⓘ Slavic literary culture ⓘ Slavic liturgical texts ⓘ medieval Slavic literature ⓘ |
| language |
Church Slavonic
ⓘ
surface form:
Old Church Slavonic
|
| part |
New Testament
ⓘ
Bible ⓘ
surface form:
Old Testament
|
| preservedIn |
codices
ⓘ
lectionaries ⓘ manuscripts ⓘ |
| region |
Balkans
ⓘ
Eastern Europe ⓘ Slavic cultural sphere ⓘ
surface form:
Slavic lands
|
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| script |
Cyrillic script
ⓘ
Glagolitic script ⓘ |
| status |
canonical in medieval Slavic churches
ⓘ
foundational text for Slavic Orthodoxy ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 9th century ⓘ |
| tradition |
Eastern Orthodox Christianity
ⓘ
surface form:
Eastern Orthodox Church
Slavic Orthodox Churches ⓘ
surface form:
Slavic Orthodox Christianity
|
| use |
biblical study
ⓘ
church reading ⓘ liturgical ⓘ missionary work ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Bulgarian Orthodox Church
ⓘ
Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ Serbian Orthodox Church ⓘ other Slavic Orthodox churches ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Old Church Slavonic Bible Description of subject: The Old Church Slavonic Bible is the earliest Slavic translation of the Christian scriptures, foundational for Slavic literary culture and Orthodox Christian tradition.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Old Church Slavonic canon of Gospels