Book of Signs
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The Book of Signs is the first major section of the Gospel of John, characterized by a series of Jesus’ miraculous works that reveal his identity and mission.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Book of Signs canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Book of Signs Context triple: [Gospel of John, structure, Book of Signs]
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A.
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.
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B.
A Call from Heaven
"A Call from Heaven" is a 17th-century religious work by Puritan minister Increase Mather that exhorts readers to piety and spiritual preparation for death and the afterlife.
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C.
The Salvation
The Salvation is a 2014 Danish-directed Western film starring Mads Mikkelsen as a settler seeking revenge in the American frontier.
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D.
September Testament
September Testament is Martin Luther’s groundbreaking 1522 German translation of the New Testament, which played a key role in the Protestant Reformation and the development of the modern German language.
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E.
Servant of the Servants of God
Servant of the Servants of God is a traditional papal honorific emphasizing the Pope’s role as a humble spiritual leader in service to all the faithful.
- 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: Book of Signs Target entity description: The Book of Signs is the first major section of the Gospel of John, characterized by a series of Jesus’ miraculous works that reveal his identity and mission.
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A.
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.
-
B.
A Call from Heaven
"A Call from Heaven" is a 17th-century religious work by Puritan minister Increase Mather that exhorts readers to piety and spiritual preparation for death and the afterlife.
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C.
The Salvation
The Salvation is a 2014 Danish-directed Western film starring Mads Mikkelsen as a settler seeking revenge in the American frontier.
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D.
September Testament
September Testament is Martin Luther’s groundbreaking 1522 German translation of the New Testament, which played a key role in the Protestant Reformation and the development of the modern German language.
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E.
Servant of the Servants of God
Servant of the Servants of God is a traditional papal honorific emphasizing the Pope’s role as a humble spiritual leader in service to all the faithful.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
section of the Gospel of John
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theological concept ⓘ |
| associatedWith | structure of the Fourth Gospel ⓘ |
| attributedAuthor |
Apostle John
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surface form:
John the Evangelist
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| canonicalStatus | part of Christian biblical canon via Gospel of John ⓘ |
| centralFigure |
Jesus Christ
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surface form:
Jesus of Nazareth
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| characterizedBy | series of miraculous signs performed by Jesus ⓘ |
| containsSign |
changing water into wine at Cana
ⓘ
feeding of the five thousand ⓘ healing of the man born blind ⓘ healing of the paralytic at Bethesda ⓘ healing of the royal official’s son ⓘ raising of Lazarus from the dead ⓘ walking on the sea of Galilee ⓘ |
| developedBy | modern biblical scholars ⓘ |
| distinguishedFrom | Book of Glory ⓘ |
| emphasizes |
responses of faith and rejection
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signs as revelations of Jesus’ glory ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
miraculous works of Jesus
ⓘ
public ministry of Jesus ⓘ |
| genre | narrative ⓘ |
| hasInterpretiveFramework | signs as symbolic actions ⓘ |
| hasKeyPassage |
Gospel of John
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surface form:
John 11
John 2:1–11 ⓘ John 6 ⓘ John 9 ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
revelation of Jesus’ identity
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revelation of Jesus’ mission ⓘ |
| includesMotif |
belief and unbelief
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glory of Jesus ⓘ hour of Jesus not yet come ⓘ witness and testimony ⓘ |
| languageOfComposition | Koine Greek ⓘ |
| locatedInText | John 1:19–12:50 ⓘ |
| partOf | Gospel of John ⓘ |
| precedes | Book of Glory ⓘ |
| purpose |
to lead readers to believe that Jesus is the Christ
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to reveal Jesus as the Son of God ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Christianity ⓘ |
| scripturalBook |
Gospel of John
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surface form:
Gospel according to John
|
| scripturalContext | New Testament ⓘ |
| studiedIn |
Christology
ⓘ
New Testament theology ⓘ biblical literary criticism ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Johannine studies
ⓘ
biblical scholarship ⓘ |
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