Tanakh

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Hebrew Bible canonical scripture collection religious text

The Tanakh is the canonical collection of Hebrew scriptures that forms the foundational religious text of Judaism, encompassing the Torah (Law), Nevi'im (Prophets), and Ketuvim (Writings).

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All labels observed (21)

Label	Occurrences
Hebrew Bible	1,198
Old Testament	78
Tanakh canonical	66
Jewish Tanakh	11
HebrewBible	4
Hebrew Scriptures	3
Hebrew Bible canon	2
Jewish Bible	2
Hebrew Bible (as Immanuel)	1
Hebrew Bible (as Old Testament)	1
Hebrew Bible (in Christian canonical arrangement)	1
Hebrew Bible / Old Testament	1
Jewish Scriptures	1
Jewish biblical canon	1
Torah–Nevi'im–Ketuvim	1
Writings section of the Hebrew Bible	1
the Hebrew Bible	1
the Old Testament	1
המקרא	1
התנ"ך	1
תנ״ך	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T30417 — 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: Tanakh
Context triple: [Jews, hasReligiousText, Tanakh]

A. Talmud
The Talmud is a central Jewish religious text comprising rabbinic discussions, legal rulings, and interpretations of the Hebrew Bible that form the foundation of traditional Jewish law and theology.
B. Ketuvim
Ketuvim is the third section of the Hebrew Bible, comprising a diverse collection of poetic, wisdom, and historical writings central to Jewish scripture.
C. Bible
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.
D. Septuagint
The Septuagint is an ancient Greek translation of the Hebrew Scriptures that became the primary Old Testament text for early Christians and Greek-speaking Jews.
E. Neviim
Neviim is the section of the Hebrew Bible that contains the prophetic books and historical narratives of the prophets in Judaism.
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: Tanakh
Target entity description: The Tanakh is the canonical collection of Hebrew scriptures that forms the foundational religious text of Judaism, encompassing the Torah (Law), Nevi'im (Prophets), and Ketuvim (Writings).

A. Talmud
The Talmud is a central Jewish religious text comprising rabbinic discussions, legal rulings, and interpretations of the Hebrew Bible that form the foundation of traditional Jewish law and theology.
B. Ketuvim
Ketuvim is the third section of the Hebrew Bible, comprising a diverse collection of poetic, wisdom, and historical writings central to Jewish scripture.
C. Bible
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.
D. Septuagint
The Septuagint is an ancient Greek translation of the Hebrew Scriptures that became the primary Old Testament text for early Christians and Greek-speaking Jews.
E. Neviim
Neviim is the section of the Hebrew Bible that contains the prophetic books and historical narratives of the prophets in Judaism.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Hebrew Bible ⓘ canonical scripture collection ⓘ religious text ⓘ
abbreviationOrigin	initial letters of Torah Nevi'im Ketuvim ⓘ
alternativeName	Tanakh ⓘ surface form: Hebrew Bible Golus ⓘ surface form: Mikra
basisFor	Halakha ⓘ Talmudic interpretation ⓘ
centralTextFor	Judaism ⓘ
compiledIn	Ancient Israel ⓘ surface form: ancient Israel
contains	Book of Daniel ⓘ Book of Deuteronomy ⓘ Book of Exodus ⓘ Book of Ezekiel ⓘ Book of Genesis ⓘ Book of Isaiah ⓘ Book of Jeremiah ⓘ Book of Job ⓘ Book of Leviticus ⓘ Book of Numbers ⓘ Book of Proverbs ⓘ Psalms ⓘ surface form: Book of Psalms
containsGenre	historical narrative ⓘ law ⓘ poetry ⓘ prophecy ⓘ wisdom literature ⓘ
hasCanonicalStatus	yes ⓘ
hasPart	Ketuvim ⓘ Neviim ⓘ surface form: Nevi'im Torah ⓘ
influenced	Septuagint ⓘ surface form: Christian Old Testament Jewish law ⓘ Jewish theology ⓘ Western literature ⓘ
language	Hebrew ⓘ
partOf	Jewish canon ⓘ
primaryUse	legal interpretation ⓘ liturgical reading ⓘ religious study ⓘ
religion	Judaism ⓘ
religiousTradition	Karaite Jews ⓘ surface form: Karaite Judaism Rabbinic Judaism ⓘ
sacredLanguageStatus	yes ⓘ
scriptureType	Jewish scripture ⓘ
structurePrinciple	Tanakh self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Torah–Nevi'im–Ketuvim
usedIn	Jewish education ⓘ rabbinic exegesis ⓘ synagogue services ⓘ
writingSystem	Hebrew alphabet ⓘ