Asimov's Guide to the Bible
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Asimov's Guide to the Bible is a two-volume reference work by Isaac Asimov that explains the historical, geographical, and cultural background of the Bible in accessible, secular prose.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Asimov's Guide to the Bible Context triple: [Isaac Asimov, notableWork, Asimov's Guide to the Bible]
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Anno Mundi
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Confraternity Bible
The Confraternity Bible is a mid-20th-century English Catholic translation of the Bible produced under the auspices of the U.S. bishops as a modern revision of the Douay-Rheims.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: Asimov's Guide to the Bible Target entity description: Asimov's Guide to the Bible is a two-volume reference work by Isaac Asimov that explains the historical, geographical, and cultural background of the Bible in accessible, secular prose.
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A.
Anno Mundi
Anno Mundi is a year-numbering system that dates events from the traditional Jewish calculation of the world's creation in the Hebrew calendar.
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B.
Confraternity Bible
The Confraternity Bible is a mid-20th-century English Catholic translation of the Bible produced under the auspices of the U.S. bishops as a modern revision of the Douay-Rheims.
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C.
The Guide
The Guide is the fictional, electronic travel guidebook central to Douglas Adams' "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy," known for its humorous and irreverent entries about life in the universe.
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D.
The Trial of God
The Trial of God is a play by Elie Wiesel that dramatizes a mock trial of God in a Jewish village devastated by a pogrom, exploring faith, suffering, and divine justice in the shadow of the Holocaust.
-
E.
Encyclopaedia Galactica
"Encyclopaedia Galactica" is a segment from Carl Sagan’s television series "Cosmos: A Personal Voyage" that explores the possibilities of extraterrestrial intelligence and the future of human knowledge in the universe.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
non-fiction book
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reference work ⓘ |
| aim | to provide context for biblical narratives ⓘ |
| approach |
non-theological
ⓘ
rationalist ⓘ |
| author | Isaac Asimov ⓘ |
| basedOn |
King James Version
ⓘ
surface form:
King James Version of the Bible
|
| classification | biblical studies literature ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| covers |
New Testament
ⓘ
Bible ⓘ
surface form:
Old Testament
|
| explains |
cultural background of the Bible
ⓘ
geographical background of the Bible ⓘ historical background of the Bible ⓘ secular interpretations of biblical stories ⓘ |
| firstVolumePublicationYear | 1967 ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
events mentioned in the Bible
ⓘ
people mentioned in the Bible ⓘ places mentioned in the Bible ⓘ |
| format | two-volume set ⓘ |
| genre |
biblical commentary
ⓘ
popular science writing ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 9780380000191 ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Asimov's Guide to the Bible
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Asimov's Guide to the New Testament
Asimov's Guide to the Bible self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Asimov's Guide to the Old Testament
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| intendedAudience | general readership ⓘ |
| intendedUse | reference ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| notableFor |
combining history and geography with literary commentary
ⓘ
secular analysis of biblical text ⓘ |
| numberOfVolumes | 2 ⓘ |
| perspective | secular ⓘ |
| publicationYear |
1967
ⓘ
1969 ⓘ |
| publisher | Doubleday ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Asimov's Chronology of the World
ⓘ
Asimov's New Guide to Science ⓘ
surface form:
Asimov's Guide to Science
Asimov's Guide to Shakespeare ⓘ |
| secondVolumePublicationYear | 1969 ⓘ |
| subject |
Bible
ⓘ
biblical culture ⓘ biblical geography ⓘ biblical history ⓘ |
| timePeriodCovered |
Roman Empire era
ⓘ
ancient Near East ⓘ |
| writingStyle | accessible prose ⓘ |
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Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Asimov's Guide to the Bible, Volume I
this entity surface form:
Asimov's Guide to the Bible, Volume II
this entity surface form:
Asimov's Guide to the Old Testament
this entity surface form:
Asimov's Guide to the New Testament