Greek Writings

E19390

biblical text corpus portion of the Septuagint

Greek Writings is the portion of the Septuagint that contains the books originally composed in Greek rather than translated from Hebrew or Aramaic.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Greek Prophets	1
Greek Writings canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T157716 — 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: Greek Writings
Context triple: [Septuagint, hasPart, Greek Writings]

A. Attic Greek
Attic Greek is the classical dialect of Ancient Greek used in Athens and its region, which became the literary and cultural standard and the main basis for later Koine Greek.
B. Koine Greek
Koine Greek is the common dialect of ancient Greek that served as the primary language of the New Testament and early Christian writings.
C. Apollodorus' Bibliotheca
Apollodorus' Bibliotheca is an ancient Greek mythographical handbook that systematically compiles and summarizes the major myths and genealogies of Greek mythology.
D. Classical Greek philosophy
Classical Greek philosophy is the foundational period of Western thought, centered on figures like Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle, that established core ideas in ethics, metaphysics, logic, and political theory.
E. Greek Antiquity
Greek Antiquity refers to the civilization, culture, and artistic production of ancient Greece from the early archaic period through the Hellenistic era, foundational to Western art, philosophy, and politics.
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: Greek Writings
Target entity description: Greek Writings is the portion of the Septuagint that contains the books originally composed in Greek rather than translated from Hebrew or Aramaic.

A. Attic Greek
Attic Greek is the classical dialect of Ancient Greek used in Athens and its region, which became the literary and cultural standard and the main basis for later Koine Greek.
B. Koine Greek
Koine Greek is the common dialect of ancient Greek that served as the primary language of the New Testament and early Christian writings.
C. Apollodorus' Bibliotheca
Apollodorus' Bibliotheca is an ancient Greek mythographical handbook that systematically compiles and summarizes the major myths and genealogies of Greek mythology.
D. Classical Greek philosophy
Classical Greek philosophy is the foundational period of Western thought, centered on figures like Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle, that established core ideas in ethics, metaphysics, logic, and political theory.
E. Greek Antiquity
Greek Antiquity refers to the civilization, culture, and artistic production of ancient Greece from the early archaic period through the Hellenistic era, foundational to Western art, philosophy, and politics.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	biblical text corpus ⓘ portion of the Septuagint ⓘ
approximateDateRange	circa 3rd century BCE to 1st century CE GENERATED ⓘ
associatedWith	Alexandrian Jewish community GENERATED ⓘ
citationLanguage	Greek GENERATED ⓘ
composedIn	Greek ⓘ
contains	2 Maccabees GENERATED ⓘ Additions to Daniel (Greek compositions such as the Prayer of Azariah and the Song of the Three Youths) GENERATED ⓘ Additions to Esther (Greek expansions not based on a known Hebrew original) GENERATED ⓘ Letter of Jeremiah (in traditions where considered a Greek composition) GENERATED ⓘ Prayer of Manasseh (in traditions where included in the Septuagint corpus) GENERATED ⓘ Wisdom of Solomon GENERATED ⓘ
definition	portion of the Septuagint containing books originally composed in Greek rather than translated from Hebrew or Aramaic GENERATED ⓘ
distinguishedFrom	Aramaic Bible translations in the Septuagint GENERATED ⓘ Hebrew Bible translations in the Septuagint GENERATED ⓘ
hasFeature	includes material not present in the Masoretic Text GENERATED ⓘ original composition in Greek rather than translation from a Semitic language GENERATED ⓘ reflects Hellenistic Jewish thought GENERATED ⓘ
influenced	early Christian theology GENERATED ⓘ patristic exegesis GENERATED ⓘ
language	Greek GENERATED ⓘ Koine Greek GENERATED ⓘ
literaryGenre	epistle GENERATED ⓘ historical narrative GENERATED ⓘ prayer GENERATED ⓘ wisdom literature GENERATED ⓘ
partOf	Septuagint GENERATED ⓘ
relatedTo	Apocrypha GENERATED ⓘ Deuterocanonical books GENERATED ⓘ Septuagint canon GENERATED ⓘ
religiousContext	Christianity GENERATED ⓘ Judaism GENERATED ⓘ
script	Greek alphabet GENERATED ⓘ
scripturalStatus	anagignoskomena in Eastern Orthodoxy GENERATED ⓘ apocryphal in most Protestant traditions GENERATED ⓘ deuterocanonical in Roman Catholicism GENERATED ⓘ
timePeriod	Hellenistic period GENERATED ⓘ
tradition	Hellenistic Judaism GENERATED ⓘ
usedBy	Greek-speaking Jews of the Hellenistic period GENERATED ⓘ early Greek-speaking Christians GENERATED ⓘ
usedIn	Eastern Orthodox biblical tradition GENERATED ⓘ Oriental Orthodox biblical tradition GENERATED ⓘ Roman Catholic biblical tradition (as part of the deuterocanonical corpus) GENERATED ⓘ some Anglican and Protestant traditions (as part of the Apocrypha) GENERATED ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Septuagint → hasPart → Greek Writings ⓘ

this entity surface form: Greek Prophets