Zurich Bible
E271687
The Zurich Bible is a seminal 16th-century German translation of the Bible produced in Zurich under Huldrych Zwingli and his colleagues, which became a foundational text of the Swiss Reformation.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Zurich Bible canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2497288 — 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: Zurich Bible Context triple: [Swiss Reformation, hasKeyDocument, Zurich Bible]
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A.
Geneva Bible
The Geneva Bible is a 16th-century English translation of the Bible notable for its extensive marginal notes and widespread use among early Protestant reformers and English-speaking Protestants, including the Pilgrims.
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B.
Luther Bible
The Luther Bible is Martin Luther’s influential 16th-century German translation of the Christian Bible that helped shape both the German language and the Protestant Reformation.
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C.
Louis Segond Bible
The Louis Segond Bible is a widely used French Protestant translation of the Bible, first published in the late 19th century and known for its clear, classical language.
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D.
Great Bible
The Great Bible is an English translation of the Bible first authorized for use in the Church of England in the 16th century, notable as the first "authorized version" and a major step in making Scripture accessible to English-speaking laypeople.
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E.
Georgian Bible
The Georgian Bible is a translation of the Christian scriptures into the Georgian language, historically rooted in early Eastern Christian traditions.
- 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: Zurich Bible Target entity description: The Zurich Bible is a seminal 16th-century German translation of the Bible produced in Zurich under Huldrych Zwingli and his colleagues, which became a foundational text of the Swiss Reformation.
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A.
Geneva Bible
The Geneva Bible is a 16th-century English translation of the Bible notable for its extensive marginal notes and widespread use among early Protestant reformers and English-speaking Protestants, including the Pilgrims.
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B.
Luther Bible
The Luther Bible is Martin Luther’s influential 16th-century German translation of the Christian Bible that helped shape both the German language and the Protestant Reformation.
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C.
Louis Segond Bible
The Louis Segond Bible is a widely used French Protestant translation of the Bible, first published in the late 19th century and known for its clear, classical language.
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D.
Great Bible
The Great Bible is an English translation of the Bible first authorized for use in the Church of England in the 16th century, notable as the first "authorized version" and a major step in making Scripture accessible to English-speaking laypeople.
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E.
Georgian Bible
The Georgian Bible is a translation of the Christian scriptures into the Georgian language, historically rooted in early Eastern Christian traditions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Bible translation
ⓘ
German Bible translation ⓘ Reformation-era Bible ⓘ |
| aim |
to provide a vernacular Bible for Zurich’s laity
ⓘ
to support Reformed preaching and teaching ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Grossmünster
ⓘ
surface form:
Grossmünster in Zurich
Swiss Reformation ⓘ
surface form:
Zurich Reformation
|
| circulationArea |
German-speaking Switzerland
ⓘ
parts of southern Germany ⓘ |
| compiledBy |
Reformed Church of Zurich
ⓘ
surface form:
Zurich reformers
Zwingli’s colleagues in Zurich ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Old Swiss Confederacy ⓘ |
| dateOfWork | 16th century ⓘ |
| editor | Huldrych Zwingli ⓘ |
| endTime | 1530s ⓘ |
| follows | Protestant theology ⓘ |
| genre |
Bible
ⓘ
religious text ⓘ |
| hasPart |
New Testament
ⓘ
Bible ⓘ
surface form:
Old Testament
|
| historicalPeriod |
Reformation
ⓘ
surface form:
Protestant Reformation
|
| influenced |
German-speaking Reformed theology
ⓘ
later Swiss Reformed Bible translations ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Huldrych Zwingli’s exegesis
ⓘ
humanist biblical scholarship ⓘ |
| keyFigure | Huldrych Zwingli ⓘ |
| language | German ⓘ |
| originalScript | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
| placeOfOrigin | Zurich ⓘ |
| producedIn | Zurich ⓘ |
| religiousTradition |
Reformed churches
ⓘ
surface form:
Reformed Christianity
Swiss Reformation ⓘ |
| scripturalBasis |
Koine Greek New Testament
ⓘ
surface form:
Greek New Testament
Tanakh ⓘ
surface form:
Hebrew Bible
|
| scriptureType | complete Bible ⓘ |
| significance |
foundational text of the Swiss Reformation
ⓘ
influential Reformed Bible translation in German-speaking Switzerland ⓘ |
| startTime | 1520s ⓘ |
| subject |
Bible—Translations into German
ⓘ
Christianity ⓘ |
| supervisedBy | Huldrych Zwingli ⓘ |
| theologicalOrientation | Zwinglian Reformed ⓘ |
| usedFor |
liturgical reading
ⓘ
preaching ⓘ private devotion ⓘ |
| usedIn | Reformed churches in Switzerland ⓘ |
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Subject: Zurich Bible Description of subject: The Zurich Bible is a seminal 16th-century German translation of the Bible produced in Zurich under Huldrych Zwingli and his colleagues, which became a foundational text of the Swiss Reformation.
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