Jacob Taubes
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Jacob Taubes was a German-Jewish philosopher of religion and political theologian known for his provocative readings of apocalypticism, modernity, and sovereignty in Western thought.
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| Jacob Taubes canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Jacob Taubes Context triple: [Karl Löwith, influenced, Jacob Taubes]
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Hillel Steiner
Hillel Steiner is a political philosopher known for his work on rights, justice, and libertarianism within the analytic tradition.
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Shlomo Ganzfried
Shlomo Ganzfried was a 19th-century Hungarian rabbi and halachic authority best known for composing the widely used concise code of Jewish law, the Kitzur Shulchan Aruch.
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C.
Natan Rapoport
Natan Rapoport was a Polish-born Jewish sculptor best known for his powerful Holocaust memorials and monuments commemorating Jewish resistance during World War II.
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D.
Yehuda Bauer
Yehuda Bauer is an Israeli historian and leading Holocaust scholar renowned for his extensive research on genocide, antisemitism, and Holocaust education.
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E.
Jean Starobinski
Jean Starobinski was a prominent Swiss literary critic, historian of ideas, and physician known for his influential studies of Enlightenment thought and the history of melancholy.
- 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: Jacob Taubes Target entity description: Jacob Taubes was a German-Jewish philosopher of religion and political theologian known for his provocative readings of apocalypticism, modernity, and sovereignty in Western thought.
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A.
Hillel Steiner
Hillel Steiner is a political philosopher known for his work on rights, justice, and libertarianism within the analytic tradition.
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B.
Shlomo Ganzfried
Shlomo Ganzfried was a 19th-century Hungarian rabbi and halachic authority best known for composing the widely used concise code of Jewish law, the Kitzur Shulchan Aruch.
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C.
Natan Rapoport
Natan Rapoport was a Polish-born Jewish sculptor best known for his powerful Holocaust memorials and monuments commemorating Jewish resistance during World War II.
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D.
Yehuda Bauer
Yehuda Bauer is an Israeli historian and leading Holocaust scholar renowned for his extensive research on genocide, antisemitism, and Holocaust education.
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E.
Jean Starobinski
Jean Starobinski was a prominent Swiss literary critic, historian of ideas, and physician known for his influential studies of Enlightenment thought and the history of melancholy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
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philosopher ⓘ political theologian ⓘ religious studies scholar ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | Austria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Germany ⓘ |
| countryOfDeath | Germany ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1923-02-25 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1987-03-21 ⓘ |
| doctoralAdvisor | Emil Brunner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| educatedAt | University of Zurich NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer |
Columbia University
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Free University of Berlin NERFINISHED ⓘ Hebrew University of Jerusalem NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Jews
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surface form:
Jewish people
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| familyName | Taubes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Jewish studies
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apocalypticism ⓘ history of ideas ⓘ modernity ⓘ philosophy of religion ⓘ political theology ⓘ sovereignty ⓘ |
| givenName | Jacob NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
Giorgio Agamben
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Jan Assmann NERFINISHED ⓘ contemporary political theology ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Carl Schmitt
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Gershom Scholem NERFINISHED ⓘ Karl Barth NERFINISHED ⓘ Max Weber NERFINISHED ⓘ Walter Benjamin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
English
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German ⓘ |
| movement |
critical theory
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political theology ⓘ |
| notableIdea |
apocalyptic reading of modernity
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critique of sovereignty ⓘ messianic political theology ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Occidental Eschatology
NERFINISHED
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The Political Theology of Paul NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
rabbi
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university teacher ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Vienna ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Berlin ⓘ |
| religion | Judaism ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Berlin
NERFINISHED
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New York City ⓘ |
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