Sholem Asch’s Christian trilogy
E1014149
Sholem Asch’s Christian trilogy is a series of three novels that reimagine key figures and events of early Christianity from a Jewish perspective.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sholem Asch’s Christian trilogy canonical | 2 |
| Sholem Asch’s New Testament trilogy | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12979139 — 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: Sholem Asch’s Christian trilogy Context triple: [The Apostle, partOf, Sholem Asch’s Christian trilogy]
-
A.
Das Wesen des Judentums
Das Wesen des Judentums is a seminal 19th-century work by Abraham Geiger that articulates a liberal, reform-oriented understanding of Judaism in the modern world.
-
B.
Der Nister
Der Nister was a Ukrainian-born Yiddish writer and symbolist author known for his mystical, allegorical prose and stories that explored Jewish life and spirituality in Eastern Europe.
-
C.
Die Entstehung des Judentums
Die Entstehung des Judentums is a historical study that examines the origins and early development of Judaism within the broader context of ancient Near Eastern and Mediterranean history.
-
D.
Tales of the Hasidim
Tales of the Hasidim is Martin Buber’s influential collection of stories and legends from the Hasidic Jewish tradition, highlighting its spiritual teachings and charismatic leaders.
-
E.
The Dilemma of the Modern Jew
The Dilemma of the Modern Jew is a seminal work by rabbi and civil rights leader Joachim Prinz that explores the challenges of Jewish identity, assimilation, and moral responsibility in the modern world.
- 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: Sholem Asch’s Christian trilogy Target entity description: Sholem Asch’s Christian trilogy is a series of three novels that reimagine key figures and events of early Christianity from a Jewish perspective.
-
A.
Das Wesen des Judentums
Das Wesen des Judentums is a seminal 19th-century work by Abraham Geiger that articulates a liberal, reform-oriented understanding of Judaism in the modern world.
-
B.
Der Nister
Der Nister was a Ukrainian-born Yiddish writer and symbolist author known for his mystical, allegorical prose and stories that explored Jewish life and spirituality in Eastern Europe.
-
C.
Die Entstehung des Judentums
Die Entstehung des Judentums is a historical study that examines the origins and early development of Judaism within the broader context of ancient Near Eastern and Mediterranean history.
-
D.
Tales of the Hasidim
Tales of the Hasidim is Martin Buber’s influential collection of stories and legends from the Hasidic Jewish tradition, highlighting its spiritual teachings and charismatic leaders.
-
E.
The Dilemma of the Modern Jew
The Dilemma of the Modern Jew is a seminal work by rabbi and civil rights leader Joachim Prinz that explores the challenges of Jewish identity, assimilation, and moral responsibility in the modern world.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary trilogy
ⓘ
novel series ⓘ |
| aim | to bridge understanding between Jews and Christians ⓘ |
| author | Sholem Asch NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| controversial | true ⓘ |
| controversyTopic |
Jewish engagement with Christian themes
ⓘ
Jewish portrayal of Jesus ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Poland ⓘ |
| culturalContext | Jewish diaspora literature ⓘ |
| exploresTheme |
faith and doubt
ⓘ
identity and religious tradition ⓘ interreligious dialogue ⓘ |
| firstPublicationCentury | 20th century ⓘ |
| genre |
historical novel
ⓘ
religious fiction ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Mary
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
The Apostle NERFINISHED ⓘ The Nazarene NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Hebrew Bible
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
New Testament NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | Yiddish ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose fiction ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Yiddish literature NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus |
historical context of Gospel events
ⓘ
humanization of New Testament figures ⓘ |
| notableWorkInSeries |
Mary
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
The Apostle NERFINISHED ⓘ The Nazarene NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfWorks | 3 ⓘ |
| originalLanguageScript | Hebrew alphabet ⓘ |
| perspective | Jewish perspective on early Christianity ⓘ |
| religiousTheme |
Jewish origins of Christianity
ⓘ
relationship between Judaism and Christianity ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | 1st century CE ⓘ |
| settingRegion |
Roman Judea
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
ancient Mediterranean ⓘ |
| subject |
Jesus of Nazareth
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mary, mother of Jesus NERFINISHED ⓘ early Christianity ⓘ the Apostles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| targetAudience | general adult readership ⓘ |
| translatedInto |
English
ⓘ
French ⓘ German ⓘ Polish ⓘ |
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: Sholem Asch’s Christian trilogy Description of subject: Sholem Asch’s Christian trilogy is a series of three novels that reimagine key figures and events of early Christianity from a Jewish perspective.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Mary (novel)
this entity surface form:
Sholem Asch’s New Testament trilogy