Ge'ez Bible
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The Ge'ez Bible is an ancient Ethiopian translation of the Christian scriptures, foundational to the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church and one of the oldest complete biblical canons in continuous use.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ethiopian Orthodox biblical canon | 3 |
| Geʽez Bible | 2 |
| Bible in Geʽez | 1 |
| Ethiopic Bible | 1 |
| Ge'ez Bible canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2033758 — 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: Ge'ez Bible Context triple: [Ge'ez, notableWork, Ge'ez Bible]
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A.
Peshitta
The Peshitta is the standard Syriac version of the Bible, historically central to Syriac Christianity’s scripture and liturgy.
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B.
Ge'ez
Ge'ez is an ancient Semitic language of Ethiopia and Eritrea, best known today as the classical and liturgical language of the Ethiopian and Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Churches.
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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.
Armenian Bible
The Armenian Bible is the classical Armenian translation of the Christian scriptures, renowned for its literary beauty and historical importance in Armenian religious and cultural life.
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E.
Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia
Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia is a critical scholarly edition of the Hebrew Bible widely used as a standard reference text in biblical studies and translations.
- 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: Ge'ez Bible Target entity description: The Ge'ez Bible is an ancient Ethiopian translation of the Christian scriptures, foundational to the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church and one of the oldest complete biblical canons in continuous use.
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A.
Peshitta
The Peshitta is the standard Syriac version of the Bible, historically central to Syriac Christianity’s scripture and liturgy.
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B.
Ge'ez
Ge'ez is an ancient Semitic language of Ethiopia and Eritrea, best known today as the classical and liturgical language of the Ethiopian and Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Churches.
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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.
Armenian Bible
The Armenian Bible is the classical Armenian translation of the Christian scriptures, renowned for its literary beauty and historical importance in Armenian religious and cultural life.
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E.
Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia
Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia is a critical scholarly edition of the Hebrew Bible widely used as a standard reference text in biblical studies and translations.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Bible translation
ⓘ
Christian scripture ⓘ Ethiopian Orthodox scripture ⓘ religious text ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church
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Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church ⓘ Ethiopian monasticism ⓘ |
| canonicalStatus |
official Bible of the Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church
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official Bible of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Ethiopia ⓘ |
| culturalContext |
Aksumite Empire
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surface form:
Axumite civilization
Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church ⓘ
surface form:
Ethiopian Christianity
|
| era | Late Antiquity ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Deuterocanonical books
ⓘ
New Testament ⓘ Bible ⓘ
surface form:
Old Testament
broader canon unique to Ethiopian tradition ⓘ |
| influenced |
Ethiopian Christian literature
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Ethiopian Orthodox theology ⓘ Ethiopian canon law ⓘ Ethiopian hymnography ⓘ Ethiopian liturgical practice ⓘ Ethiopian religious art ⓘ |
| language | Ge'ez ⓘ |
| liturgicalRole | read in Ge'ez during church services ⓘ |
| materialForm |
illuminated manuscripts
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parchment manuscripts ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
one of the oldest complete biblical canons in continuous use
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preserves many books not found in Western biblical canons ⓘ translated into an ancient Semitic language ⓘ |
| preservation | manuscript tradition ⓘ |
| region | Horn of Africa ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| scholarlyField |
Ethiopian studies
ⓘ
Semitic philology ⓘ biblical studies ⓘ |
| script |
Geʽez script
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surface form:
Ge'ez script
|
| sourceLanguage |
Greek
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Hebrew ⓘ Syriac ⓘ possibly Coptic ⓘ |
| status |
authoritative canon
ⓘ
sacred scripture ⓘ |
| tradition | Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church ⓘ |
| use |
canon law
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devotional reading ⓘ liturgy ⓘ theology ⓘ |
| writingSystemFamily |
Geʽez script
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surface form:
Ethiopic scripts
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Ge'ez Bible Description of subject: The Ge'ez Bible is an ancient Ethiopian translation of the Christian scriptures, foundational to the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church and one of the oldest complete biblical canons in continuous use.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Geʽez
this entity surface form:
Ethiopian Orthodox biblical canon
this entity surface form:
Geʽez Bible
this entity surface form:
Ethiopian Orthodox biblical canon
this entity surface form:
Geʽez Bible
this entity surface form:
Bible in Geʽez
this entity surface form:
Ethiopian Orthodox biblical canon
this entity surface form:
Ethiopic Bible