R. Yosef Kara
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R. Yosef Kara was a medieval Jewish biblical commentator, known especially for his peshat-oriented exegesis on the Hebrew Bible that appears alongside other classic commentaries in the Mikraot Gedolot.
All labels observed (1)
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| R. Yosef Kara canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3976715 — 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: R. Yosef Kara Context triple: [Mikraot Gedolot, containsCommentaryBy, R. Yosef Kara]
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Yosef Karo
Yosef Karo was a preeminent 16th-century Sephardic rabbi and legal scholar best known as the author of the Shulchan Aruch, the foundational code of Jewish law.
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B.
Rabbi Shlomo ben Yitzchak
Rabbi Shlomo ben Yitzchak, known by the acronym Rashi, was an 11th-century French rabbi and one of Judaism’s most influential biblical and Talmudic commentators.
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C.
Moshe Cordovero
Moshe Cordovero was a 16th-century Safed rabbi and one of the most influential systematic thinkers and codifiers of Kabbalah.
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Rabbi Yaakov Emden
Rabbi Yaakov Emden was an 18th-century German rabbinic scholar and halachic authority known for his prolific writings, fierce opposition to Sabbateanism, and influential role within the later Acharonim.
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E.
Rabbi Yonatan Eybeschutz
Rabbi Yonatan Eybeschutz was an 18th-century rabbinic leader, halachic authority, and renowned Talmudic scholar known for his influential responsa and for a major controversy with Rabbi Jacob Emden over alleged Sabbateanism.
- 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: R. Yosef Kara Target entity description: R. Yosef Kara was a medieval Jewish biblical commentator, known especially for his peshat-oriented exegesis on the Hebrew Bible that appears alongside other classic commentaries in the Mikraot Gedolot.
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A.
Yosef Karo
Yosef Karo was a preeminent 16th-century Sephardic rabbi and legal scholar best known as the author of the Shulchan Aruch, the foundational code of Jewish law.
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B.
Rabbi Shlomo ben Yitzchak
Rabbi Shlomo ben Yitzchak, known by the acronym Rashi, was an 11th-century French rabbi and one of Judaism’s most influential biblical and Talmudic commentators.
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C.
Moshe Cordovero
Moshe Cordovero was a 16th-century Safed rabbi and one of the most influential systematic thinkers and codifiers of Kabbalah.
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D.
Rabbi Yaakov Emden
Rabbi Yaakov Emden was an 18th-century German rabbinic scholar and halachic authority known for his prolific writings, fierce opposition to Sabbateanism, and influential role within the later Acharonim.
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E.
Rabbi Yonatan Eybeschutz
Rabbi Yonatan Eybeschutz was an 18th-century rabbinic leader, halachic authority, and renowned Talmudic scholar known for his influential responsa and for a major controversy with Rabbi Jacob Emden over alleged Sabbateanism.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Jewish exegete
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medieval Jewish biblical commentator ⓘ rabbi ⓘ |
| approach | peshat (plain-sense) interpretation ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
French rabbinic circles
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northern France ⓘ
surface form:
Northern France
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| commentaryIncludedIn |
Mikraot Gedolot
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surface form:
Mikraot Gedolot editions of the Hebrew Bible
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| commentaryOn |
Ketuvim
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surface form:
Ketuvim (Writings)
Neviim ⓘ
surface form:
Neviim (Prophets)
Torah ⓘ |
| era | medieval period ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Hebrew Bible commentary
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biblical exegesis ⓘ |
| hasRole |
commentator printed alongside Rashi in Mikraot Gedolot
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interpreter of narrative sections of Tanakh ⓘ interpreter of prophetic books ⓘ |
| influenced | later peshat-oriented commentators ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Rashi ⓘ |
| knownFor |
commentaries printed in Mikraot Gedolot
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commentary on the Hebrew Bible ⓘ peshat-oriented biblical exegesis ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | Hebrew ⓘ |
| methodologicalEmphasis |
contextual reading of biblical verses
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grammatical analysis of biblical Hebrew ⓘ preference for straightforward meaning over midrashic expansion ⓘ |
| partOf | medieval northern French school of exegesis ⓘ |
| religion | Judaism ⓘ |
| textualFocus |
Masoretic Text
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surface form:
Hebrew Masoretic Text
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| tradition | Ashkenazic rabbinic tradition ⓘ |
| usesSources |
Talmudic discussions
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earlier rabbinic literature ⓘ midrashim (selectively) ⓘ |
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