The Books of Jacob
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The Books of Jacob is a sprawling historical novel by Olga Tokarczuk that reconstructs the life and myth of 18th-century religious leader Jacob Frank and his followers across Central and Eastern Europe.
All labels observed (1)
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| The Books of Jacob canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10276390 — 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: The Books of Jacob Context triple: [Olga Tokarczuk, notableWork, The Books of Jacob]
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A.
The Book of Reuben
The Book of Reuben is a novel by American author Tabitha King, known for its character-driven exploration of small-town life and complex family relationships.
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B.
The Book of Ammon
The Book of Ammon is a memoir and collection of writings by Christian anarchist and pacifist Ammon Hennacy, recounting his life of radical activism, conscientious objection, and social justice work.
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C.
Jubilees
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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D.
Der Segen Jacobs
"Der Segen Jacobs" is the doctoral dissertation written by the German-American Reform rabbi and theologian Kaufmann Kohler.
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E.
The Book of J
The Book of J is a controversial literary and theological study in which Harold Bloom argues that parts of the Hebrew Bible were written by a singular, brilliant author he calls “J,” treating the text as imaginative literature rather than traditional scripture.
- 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: The Books of Jacob Target entity description: The Books of Jacob is a sprawling historical novel by Olga Tokarczuk that reconstructs the life and myth of 18th-century religious leader Jacob Frank and his followers across Central and Eastern Europe.
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A.
The Book of Reuben
The Book of Reuben is a novel by American author Tabitha King, known for its character-driven exploration of small-town life and complex family relationships.
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B.
The Book of Ammon
The Book of Ammon is a memoir and collection of writings by Christian anarchist and pacifist Ammon Hennacy, recounting his life of radical activism, conscientious objection, and social justice work.
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C.
Jubilees
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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D.
Der Segen Jacobs
"Der Segen Jacobs" is the doctoral dissertation written by the German-American Reform rabbi and theologian Kaufmann Kohler.
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E.
The Book of J
The Book of J is a controversial literary and theological study in which Harold Bloom argues that parts of the Hebrew Bible were written by a singular, brilliant author he calls “J,” treating the text as imaginative literature rather than traditional scripture.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| author | Olga Tokarczuk NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardCountry | Poland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awarded | Nike Award NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Poland ⓘ |
| depicts |
Habsburg monarchy
NERFINISHED
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Ottoman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Catholic clergy
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Jacob Frank NERFINISHED ⓘ Jewish rabbis ⓘ followers of Jacob Frank ⓘ nobility of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 9788308040609 ⓘ |
| hasTranslation | The Books of Jacob (English edition) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryGenre |
biographical novel
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historical fiction ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Jacob Frank NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeLocation |
Central Europe
NERFINISHED
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Eastern Europe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeTechnique |
nonlinear narrative
ⓘ
omniscient narrator ⓘ |
| notableFor |
detailed historical reconstruction
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scope and length ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Polish ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Księgi Jakubowe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| pageCount | approximately 900 ⓘ |
| partOf | Olga Tokarczuk’s oeuvre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationYear |
2014
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2021 ⓘ |
| publisher | Wydawnictwo Literackie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Flights
NERFINISHED
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Primeval and Other Times NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInTimePeriod | 18th century ⓘ |
| structure | multi-perspective narrative ⓘ |
| subject |
Frankism
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Jacob Frank NERFINISHED ⓘ Jewish mysticism ⓘ messianic movements ⓘ religious sects ⓘ |
| theme |
conversion
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cultural borderlands ⓘ heresy ⓘ power and charisma ⓘ religious identity ⓘ |
| translator | Jennifer Croft NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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