Bible

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Christian sacred text holy book religious scripture

The Bible is the central sacred scripture of Christianity, comprising the Old and New Testaments and serving as the foundational text for Christian belief and practice.

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All labels observed (26)

Label	Occurrences
Old Testament	660
Bible canonical	288
Christian Bible	79
Christian Old Testament	30
Holy Bible	23
Sacred Scripture	13
the Bible	13
The Holy Bible	12
Holy Scripture	10
The Bible	6
Christian Scripture	4
New Testament	4
OldTestament	4
Bibles	2
Old and New Testaments	2
Protestant Bible	2
Scripture	2
Authority of Scripture	1
Bible (selected teachings)	1
Catholic biblical canon	1
Christian Scriptures	1
Holy Scriptures	1
The Bible (various editions)	1
The Scriptures	1
canonical Christian Bible	1
the Old Testament	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T17610 — 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: Bible
Context triple: [Christianity, hasSacredText, Bible]

A. Christianity
Christianity is a monotheistic Abrahamic religion centered on the life, teachings, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ, emphasizing salvation through faith in him.
B. Mens et Manus
Mens et Manus is the Latin motto of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, expressing the union of mind and hand in the pursuit of knowledge and practical application.
C. Veritas
Veritas is the Latin word for "truth" and is famously used as the motto of Harvard University.
D. The Quaker
The Quaker is the traditional, colonial-era–styled mascot representing the University of Pennsylvania and its athletic teams.
E. Geeks Bearing Gifts
Geeks Bearing Gifts is a book by computing pioneer Ted Nelson that reflects on the history, philosophy, and future of digital media and information technology.
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: Bible
Target entity description: The Bible is the central sacred scripture of Christianity, comprising the Old and New Testaments and serving as the foundational text for Christian belief and practice.

A. Christianity
Christianity is a monotheistic Abrahamic religion centered on the life, teachings, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ, emphasizing salvation through faith in him.
B. Mens et Manus
Mens et Manus is the Latin motto of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, expressing the union of mind and hand in the pursuit of knowledge and practical application.
C. Veritas
Veritas is the Latin word for "truth" and is famously used as the motto of Harvard University.
D. The Quaker
The Quaker is the traditional, colonial-era–styled mascot representing the University of Pennsylvania and its athletic teams.
E. Geeks Bearing Gifts
Geeks Bearing Gifts is a book by computing pioneer Ted Nelson that reflects on the history, philosophy, and future of digital media and information technology.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (87)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Christian sacred text ⓘ holy book ⓘ religious scripture ⓘ
centralFigure	God ⓘ Jesus Christ ⓘ
circulation	one of the most widely distributed books in history ⓘ
consideredBy	Christians as divinely inspired ⓘ
contains	Acts of the Apostles ⓘ Book of Revelation ⓘ Epistles ⓘ Gospels ⓘ Historical Books ⓘ Prophetic Books ⓘ Torah ⓘ Wisdom Literature ⓘ
excludesDeuterocanonicalBooksIn	most Protestant canons ⓘ
genre	apocalyptic literature ⓘ narrative literature ⓘ poetry ⓘ prophetic literature ⓘ religious text ⓘ wisdom literature ⓘ
hasCanonVariationIn	Catholic canon ⓘ Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ surface form: Orthodox canon Protestant canon ⓘ
hasMajorDivision	Final Judgment ⓘ surface form: Apocalypse Catholic Epistles ⓘ Gospels and Acts ⓘ Law ⓘ Pauline Epistles ⓘ Prophets ⓘ Writings ⓘ
hasPart	Bible self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: New Testament Bible self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Old Testament
hasTranslation	English Standard Version ⓘ Good News Bible ⓘ Jerusalem Bible ⓘ King James Version ⓘ Louis Segond Bible ⓘ Luther Bible ⓘ New American Bible ⓘ New International Version ⓘ New King James Version ⓘ New Living Translation ⓘ New Revised Standard Version ⓘ Reina-Valera ⓘ Septuagint ⓘ Synodal Bible ⓘ Vulgate ⓘ
includesDeuterocanonicalBooksIn	Catholic canon ⓘ Eastern Orthodox canon ⓘ
influenced	Christian theology ⓘ Western art ⓘ Western ethics ⓘ Western law ⓘ Western literature ⓘ Western music ⓘ Western philosophy ⓘ
isSacredTextOf	Anglican Communion ⓘ surface form: Anglicanism Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Catholic Church Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church Evangelicalism ⓘ Oriental Orthodoxy ⓘ surface form: Oriental Orthodox Churches Protestant Christianity ⓘ surface form: Protestantism Restorationist movements ⓘ
languageOfOriginalText	Aramaic ⓘ Hebrew ⓘ Koine Greek ⓘ
overlapsWith	Tanakh ⓘ surface form: Hebrew Bible
relatedWork	Tanakh ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ
statusInChristianity	authoritative scripture ⓘ foundation of Christian doctrine ⓘ norm for Christian practice ⓘ
studiedIn	biblical studies ⓘ religious studies ⓘ theology ⓘ
usedFor	devotional reading ⓘ doctrinal teaching ⓘ liturgy ⓘ moral instruction ⓘ theological study ⓘ worship ⓘ
usedIn	Christian catechesis ⓘ Christian liturgy ⓘ Christian preaching ⓘ
viewedAs	Word of God by many Christians ⓘ