Roland de Vaux
E263687
Roland de Vaux was a French Dominican priest, biblical scholar, and archaeologist best known for his leadership at the École Biblique in Jerusalem and his influential work on the Dead Sea Scrolls and ancient Israelite history.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Roland de Vaux canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Roland de Vaux Context triple: [École Biblique, hasNotableScholar, Roland de Vaux]
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A.
Bernard Huet
Bernard Huet was a prominent French architect and urban planner known for his influential theoretical work and teaching, as well as his major role in shaping late 20th-century French architecture and urban design.
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B.
Raymond Priestley
Raymond Priestley was a British geologist and Antarctic explorer who later became a prominent academic and university administrator.
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C.
Erwin Nestle
Erwin Nestle was a German biblical scholar and textual critic best known for initiating the influential critical edition of the Greek New Testament that later became the Nestle-Aland Novum Testamentum Graece.
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D.
C. H. Dodd
C. H. Dodd was a prominent 20th-century British New Testament scholar and theologian known for his influential work on the Gospel of John, realized eschatology, and the historical interpretation of Christian doctrine.
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E.
Étienne Gilson
Étienne Gilson was a prominent 20th-century French philosopher and historian of medieval thought, renowned as a leading neo-Thomist and scholar of Christian philosophy.
- 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: Roland de Vaux Target entity description: Roland de Vaux was a French Dominican priest, biblical scholar, and archaeologist best known for his leadership at the École Biblique in Jerusalem and his influential work on the Dead Sea Scrolls and ancient Israelite history.
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A.
Bernard Huet
Bernard Huet was a prominent French architect and urban planner known for his influential theoretical work and teaching, as well as his major role in shaping late 20th-century French architecture and urban design.
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B.
Raymond Priestley
Raymond Priestley was a British geologist and Antarctic explorer who later became a prominent academic and university administrator.
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C.
Erwin Nestle
Erwin Nestle was a German biblical scholar and textual critic best known for initiating the influential critical edition of the Greek New Testament that later became the Nestle-Aland Novum Testamentum Graece.
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D.
C. H. Dodd
C. H. Dodd was a prominent 20th-century British New Testament scholar and theologian known for his influential work on the Gospel of John, realized eschatology, and the historical interpretation of Christian doctrine.
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E.
Étienne Gilson
Étienne Gilson was a prominent 20th-century French philosopher and historian of medieval thought, renowned as a leading neo-Thomist and scholar of Christian philosophy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Catholic priest
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Dominican ⓘ archaeologist ⓘ biblical scholar ⓘ human ⓘ |
| affiliation |
École Biblique
ⓘ
surface form:
École Biblique et Archéologique Française de Jérusalem
|
| areaOfInfluence |
20th-century archaeology of Palestine
ⓘ
Catholic biblical scholarship ⓘ |
| clergyType | Roman Catholic priest ⓘ |
| conductedExcavationsAt |
Qumran
ⓘ
surface form:
Khirbet Qumran
Qumran ⓘ |
| contributedTo |
archaeological methodology in the Levant
ⓘ
interpretation of the Qumran community ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | France ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
École Biblique
ⓘ
surface form:
École Biblique et Archéologique Française de Jérusalem
|
| fieldOfWork |
Old Testament studies
ⓘ
Near Eastern archaeology ⓘ
surface form:
Syro-Palestinian archaeology
biblical studies ⓘ history of ancient Israel ⓘ |
| genre |
biblical commentary
ⓘ
historical study ⓘ |
| influenced |
modern understanding of ancient Israelite society
ⓘ
scholarship on the Dead Sea Scrolls ⓘ |
| knownFor |
excavations at Qumran
ⓘ
leadership at the École Biblique in Jerusalem ⓘ research on the Dead Sea Scrolls ⓘ studies of ancient Israelite institutions ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | French ⓘ |
| memberOf | Order of Preachers ⓘ |
| nationality | French ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Ancient Israel: Its Life and Institutions
ⓘ
Les Institutions de l’Ancien Testament ⓘ |
| occupation |
Catholic priest
ⓘ
archaeologist ⓘ biblical scholar ⓘ |
| order |
Dominican friars
ⓘ
surface form:
Dominican Order
|
| positionHeld | director of the École Biblique et Archéologique Française de Jérusalem ⓘ |
| religion |
Roman Catholicism
ⓘ
surface form:
Catholicism
|
| studied |
Dead Sea Scrolls
ⓘ
surface form:
the Dead Sea Scrolls
Tanakh ⓘ
surface form:
the Old Testament
the history of ancient Israel ⓘ |
| taughtAt |
École Biblique
ⓘ
surface form:
École Biblique et Archéologique Française de Jérusalem
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| workLocation | Jerusalem ⓘ |
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Subject: Roland de Vaux Description of subject: Roland de Vaux was a French Dominican priest, biblical scholar, and archaeologist best known for his leadership at the École Biblique in Jerusalem and his influential work on the Dead Sea Scrolls and ancient Israelite history.
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