Apocrypha (in early editions)

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biblical apocrypha religious text collection section of the Bible

Apocrypha (in early editions) refers to a collection of Jewish religious writings included between the Old and New Testaments in early printings of the King James Bible but later omitted from most Protestant editions.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Apocrypha	16
Apocrypha (as canonical)	1
Apocrypha (in early editions) canonical	1
Deuterocanonical books	1
Deuterocanonical books (in some editions)	1
biblical Apocrypha	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T157809 — 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: Apocrypha (in early editions)
Context triple: [King James Version, contains, Apocrypha (in early editions)]

A. 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.
B. Book of Revelation
The Book of Revelation is the final book of the New Testament, presenting an apocalyptic vision of the end times, divine judgment, and the ultimate triumph of God.
C. Codex
Codex is an AI system developed by OpenAI that translates natural language into code and powers tools like GitHub Copilot.
D. Synodal Bible
The Synodal Bible is the standard Russian Orthodox Church translation of the Bible into modern Russian, first published in the 19th century and still widely used in liturgy and personal study.
E. New Testament
The New Testament is the collection of early Christian writings, including the Gospels and apostolic letters, that form the foundational scriptures of Christianity and present the life, teachings, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ.
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: Apocrypha (in early editions)
Target entity description: Apocrypha (in early editions) refers to a collection of Jewish religious writings included between the Old and New Testaments in early printings of the King James Bible but later omitted from most Protestant editions.

A. 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.
B. Book of Revelation
The Book of Revelation is the final book of the New Testament, presenting an apocalyptic vision of the end times, divine judgment, and the ultimate triumph of God.
C. Codex
Codex is an AI system developed by OpenAI that translates natural language into code and powers tools like GitHub Copilot.
D. Synodal Bible
The Synodal Bible is the standard Russian Orthodox Church translation of the Bible into modern Russian, first published in the 19th century and still widely used in liturgy and personal study.
E. New Testament
The New Testament is the collection of early Christian writings, including the Gospels and apostolic letters, that form the foundational scriptures of Christianity and present the life, teachings, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	biblical apocrypha ⓘ religious text collection ⓘ section of the Bible ⓘ
basedOn	Septuagint ⓘ surface form: Septuagint tradition
containsWork	1 Esdras ⓘ 1 Maccabees ⓘ 2 Esdras ⓘ 2 Maccabees ⓘ Additions to Esther ⓘ Baruch ⓘ Bel and the Dragon ⓘ Book of Sirach ⓘ surface form: Ecclesiasticus (Sirach) Judith ⓘ Letter of Jeremiah ⓘ Prayer of Azariah and Song of the Three Holy Children ⓘ Prayer of Manasseh ⓘ Susanna ⓘ Tobit ⓘ Book of Wisdom ⓘ surface form: Wisdom of Solomon
distinguishedFrom	Apocryphal New Testament writings ⓘ Apocryphal New Testament writings ⓘ surface form: Pseudepigrapha
hasCanonicalStatus	deuterocanonical (in Catholic and Orthodox traditions) ⓘ non-canonical (in most Protestant traditions) ⓘ
hasGenre	historical narrative ⓘ prayer and additions to canonical books ⓘ wisdom literature ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn	Book of Common Prayer ⓘ surface form: Anglican lectionaries English religious literature ⓘ Protestant views of the Old Testament canon ⓘ
hasLanguage	Early Modern English ⓘ Hebrew (source texts) ⓘ Koine Greek ⓘ surface form: Koine Greek (source texts)
hasPrintFeature	often printed without verse references in margins ⓘ printed as a separate section ⓘ
historicalPeriod	early 17th century English Bible printing ⓘ
includedIn	King James Version ⓘ surface form: 1611 King James Bible
influencedBy	Council of Trent ⓘ surface form: Council of Trent canon decisions (indirectly, via debates on canon)
omittedFrom	most later Protestant editions of the King James Bible ⓘ
partOf	King James Version ⓘ
positionInBible	between Old Testament and New Testament ⓘ
religiousTradition	Christianity ⓘ Judaism ⓘ
subjectOf	Protestant–Catholic debates on the biblical canon ⓘ
usedBy	Anglicanism (broadly) ⓘ surface form: Anglican Church (historically) Lutheran Church (for reading and instruction) ⓘ
usedFor	edification but not doctrine (in many Protestant traditions) ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (21)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

King James Version → contains → Apocrypha (in early editions) ⓘ

Vulgate → contains → Apocrypha (in early editions) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Deuterocanonical books

Luther Bible → contains → Apocrypha (in early editions) ⓘ