Jubilees
E81786
Second Temple period work
ancient Jewish religious text
biblical paraphrase
pseudepigraphal work
rewritten Bible
Jubilees is an ancient Jewish religious work from the Second Temple period that retells and expands upon the narratives of Genesis and Exodus, often considered part of the pseudepigrapha.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Book of Jubilees | 3 |
| Jubilees canonical | 2 |
| Old Testament pseudepigrapha | 1 |
| Testament of Moses | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T650986 — 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: Jubilees Context triple: [Second Temple Judaism, producedText, Jubilees]
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A.
Anno Mundi
Anno Mundi is a year-numbering system that dates events from the traditional Jewish calculation of the world's creation in the Hebrew calendar.
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B.
Five Books of Moses
The Five Books of Moses are the foundational texts of the Hebrew Bible, traditionally attributed to Moses and comprising Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy.
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C.
Book of Glory
The Book of Glory is the second major section of the Gospel of John that focuses on Jesus’ final teachings, passion, death, and resurrection, emphasizing his glorification through these events.
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D.
Sefer HaBahir
Sefer HaBahir is an early, foundational work of Jewish mysticism that introduces many of the core symbolic concepts and themes later developed in Kabbalah.
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E.
1 Enoch
1 Enoch is an ancient Jewish apocalyptic work, attributed to the biblical figure Enoch, that profoundly influenced early Jewish and Christian thought.
- 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: Jubilees Target entity description: Jubilees is an ancient Jewish religious work from the Second Temple period that retells and expands upon the narratives of Genesis and Exodus, often considered part of the pseudepigrapha.
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A.
Anno Mundi
Anno Mundi is a year-numbering system that dates events from the traditional Jewish calculation of the world's creation in the Hebrew calendar.
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B.
Five Books of Moses
The Five Books of Moses are the foundational texts of the Hebrew Bible, traditionally attributed to Moses and comprising Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy.
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C.
Book of Glory
The Book of Glory is the second major section of the Gospel of John that focuses on Jesus’ final teachings, passion, death, and resurrection, emphasizing his glorification through these events.
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D.
Sefer HaBahir
Sefer HaBahir is an early, foundational work of Jewish mysticism that introduces many of the core symbolic concepts and themes later developed in Kabbalah.
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E.
1 Enoch
1 Enoch is an ancient Jewish apocalyptic work, attributed to the biblical figure Enoch, that profoundly influenced early Jewish and Christian thought.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Second Temple period work
ⓘ
ancient Jewish religious text ⓘ biblical paraphrase ⓘ pseudepigraphal work ⓘ rewritten Bible ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Dead Sea Scrolls ⓘ |
| associatedWithPeriod | Second Temple Judaism ⓘ |
| canonicalStatusInJudaism | non‑canonical ⓘ |
| canonicalStatusInMostChristianTraditions | apocryphal ⓘ |
| claimsAuthorshipBy | Moses ⓘ |
| contains |
angelology
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chronological schematization of history ⓘ demonology ⓘ elaborated flood narrative ⓘ expanded patriarchal narratives ⓘ |
| coversBiblicalRange | Creation to Sinai ⓘ |
| dateOfComposition | 2nd century BCE ⓘ |
| emphasizesTheme |
Sabbath observance
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covenant ⓘ festival calendar ⓘ purity laws ⓘ separation from Gentiles ⓘ |
| foundAt | Qumran ⓘ |
| genre |
legal‑narrative composition
ⓘ
midrashic narrative ⓘ |
| hasLanguage |
Ge'ez
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surface form:
Geʿez
Greek (fragmentary) ⓘ Hebrew ⓘ
surface form:
Hebrew (Qumran fragments)
Hebrew (original, lost) ⓘ Latin (fragmentary) ⓘ Syriac (fragmentary) ⓘ |
| hasTitle |
Jubilees
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Book of Jubilees
Leptogenesis ⓘ Lesser Genesis ⓘ |
| influenced |
Qumran community halakhah
ⓘ
later Jewish calendar discussions ⓘ |
| narratedBy |
angel
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surface form:
angel of the presence
|
| opposesPractice | intermarriage with Gentiles ⓘ |
| preservedIn |
Ge'ez Bible
ⓘ
surface form:
Ethiopian Orthodox biblical canon
|
| promotesCalendarType | 364‑day solar calendar ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
1 Enoch
ⓘ
Genesis Apocryphon ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Judaism ⓘ |
| retellsText |
Book of Genesis
ⓘ
early chapters of Exodus ⓘ |
| scholarlyCategory |
Jubilees
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Old Testament pseudepigrapha
|
| stressesInstitution |
Shabbat
ⓘ
surface form:
Sabbath
circumcision ⓘ festivals ⓘ |
| structureBasedOn | jubilee periods of forty‑nine years ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Jubilees Description of subject: Jubilees is an ancient Jewish religious work from the Second Temple period that retells and expands upon the narratives of Genesis and Exodus, often considered part of the pseudepigrapha.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Book of Jubilees
this entity surface form:
Old Testament pseudepigrapha
this entity surface form:
Testament of Moses
this entity surface form:
Book of Jubilees
this entity surface form:
Book of Jubilees