Judaism
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Judaism is one of the world’s oldest monotheistic religions, centered on the covenant between God and the Jewish people and expressed through the Hebrew Bible, law, and tradition.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Judaism canonical | 5,534 |
| Judaism (cultural/heritage) | 2 |
| Judaism (historically) | 2 |
| Judaica | 1 |
| Judaism (by upbringing through his mother) | 1 |
| Judaism (symbolic and national context) | 1 |
| Judaism is a religion of revealed legislation rather than dogma | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T17682 — 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: Judaism Context triple: [Christianity, sharesScriptureWith, Judaism]
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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.
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B.
Eastern Orthodox Christianity
Eastern Orthodox Christianity is one of the three main branches of Christianity, characterized by its continuity with the early Church, its liturgical worship, and its communion of autocephalous churches centered primarily in Eastern Europe and the Middle East.
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C.
Roman Catholicism
Roman Catholicism is the largest Christian denomination, centered on the authority of the Pope and the teachings and sacramental traditions of the Catholic Church.
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D.
Quakers
The Quakers are the athletic teams representing the University of Pennsylvania in collegiate sports.
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E.
Veritas
Veritas is the Latin word for "truth" and is famously used as the motto of Harvard University.
- 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: Judaism Target entity description: Judaism is one of the world’s oldest monotheistic religions, centered on the covenant between God and the Jewish people and expressed through the Hebrew Bible, law, and tradition.
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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.
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B.
Eastern Orthodox Christianity
Eastern Orthodox Christianity is one of the three main branches of Christianity, characterized by its continuity with the early Church, its liturgical worship, and its communion of autocephalous churches centered primarily in Eastern Europe and the Middle East.
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C.
Roman Catholicism
Roman Catholicism is the largest Christian denomination, centered on the authority of the Pope and the teachings and sacramental traditions of the Catholic Church.
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D.
Quakers
The Quakers are the athletic teams representing the University of Pennsylvania in collegiate sports.
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E.
Veritas
Veritas is the Latin word for "truth" and is famously used as the motto of Harvard University.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (91)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Abrahamic religion
ⓘ
monotheistic religion ⓘ world religion ⓘ |
| centralConcept |
covenant between God and the Jewish people
ⓘ
ethical monotheism ⓘ halakha ⓘ mitzvot ⓘ |
| experiencedEvent |
Babylonian exile
ⓘ
Jewish diaspora ⓘ Roman destruction of the Second Temple ⓘ |
| foundedInRegion |
Eastern Mediterranean
ⓘ
surface form:
Ancient Near East
Judea ⓘ
surface form:
Land of Israel
|
| hasCalendar | Hebrew calendar ⓘ |
| hasCentralBeliefIn | one God ⓘ |
| hasClergyRole |
cantor
ⓘ
rabbi ⓘ |
| hasConcept |
Shabbat
ⓘ
surface form:
Shabbat sanctity
kashrut ⓘ tikkun olam ⓘ Original sin ⓘ
surface form:
yetzer hara
yetzer hatov ⓘ |
| hasCoreBelief |
chosenness of Israel
ⓘ
coming of the Messiah ⓘ importance of deeds over creed ⓘ world to come ⓘ |
| hasDenomination |
Conservative Judaism
ⓘ
Orthodox Judaism ⓘ
surface form:
Haredi Judaism
Karaite Jews ⓘ
surface form:
Karaite Judaism
Conservative Judaism ⓘ
surface form:
Masorti Judaism
Orthodox Judaism ⓘ
surface form:
Modern Orthodox Judaism
Orthodox Judaism ⓘ Reconstructionist Judaism ⓘ Reform Judaism ⓘ |
| hasEthicalCode | Ten Commandments ⓘ |
| hasEthicalEmphasis |
charity
ⓘ
justice ⓘ repairing the world ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalTemple |
First Temple in Jerusalem
ⓘ
Second Temple in Jerusalem ⓘ |
| hasHoliday |
Hanukkah
ⓘ
Passover ⓘ Purim ⓘ Rosh Hashanah ⓘ Shabbat ⓘ Shavuot ⓘ Sukkot ⓘ Tisha BAv ⓘ Yom Kippur ⓘ |
| hasKeyFigure |
Abraham
ⓘ
Abraham ⓘ
surface form:
Isaac
Jacob ⓘ King David ⓘ King Solomon ⓘ Moses ⓘ |
| hasLanguageOfScripture |
Aramaic
ⓘ
Hebrew ⓘ |
| hasLawSystem | halakha ⓘ |
| hasLegalText |
Talmud
ⓘ
surface form:
Gemara
Mishnah ⓘ Shulchan Aruch ⓘ |
| hasLifecycleRitual |
Jewish funeral
ⓘ
Jewish wedding ⓘ bar mitzvah ⓘ bat mitzvah ⓘ |
| hasMajorCommunity |
Israel
ⓘ
surface form:
State of Israel
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| hasMysticalTradition | Kabbalah ⓘ |
| hasPlaceOfWorship | synagogue ⓘ |
| hasPopulation | millions of adherents worldwide ⓘ |
| hasPrayerBook | Siddur ⓘ |
| hasRitualPractice |
circumcision
ⓘ
daily prayer ⓘ keeping kosher ⓘ observing Shabbat ⓘ study of Torah ⓘ |
| hasSacredText |
Tanakh
ⓘ
surface form:
Hebrew Bible
Ketuvim ⓘ Neviim ⓘ Talmud ⓘ Tanakh ⓘ Torah ⓘ |
| hasSymbol |
Star of David
ⓘ
menorah ⓘ |
| hasViewOnScripture | Torah is divinely revealed ⓘ |
| influencedReligion |
Christianity
ⓘ
Islam ⓘ |
| originatedFrom |
Jews
ⓘ
surface form:
ancient Israelites
|
| usesRitualObject |
kippah
ⓘ
mezuzah ⓘ tallit ⓘ tefillin ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Judaism Description of subject: Judaism is one of the world’s oldest monotheistic religions, centered on the covenant between God and the Jewish people and expressed through the Hebrew Bible, law, and tradition.
Referenced by (5,542)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Merrick Garland
subject surface form:
St. Thomas Synagogue