Johann Albrecht Bengel
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Johann Albrecht Bengel was an 18th-century German Lutheran theologian and biblical scholar renowned for his critical work on the Greek New Testament and influential exegetical writings.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Johann Albrecht Bengel canonical | 3 |
| Bengel | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4252964 — 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: Johann Albrecht Bengel Context triple: [Tübinger Stift, notableAlumni, Johann Albrecht Bengel]
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Ferdinand Christian Baur
Ferdinand Christian Baur was a 19th-century German Protestant theologian and founder of the Tübingen School, known for his critical-historical approach to early Christianity and the New Testament.
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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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Johann Christian Keil
Johann Christian Keil was the father of Portuguese composer and painter Alfredo Keil, known for his role in the family background of this prominent cultural figure.
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D.
Friedrich August Wolf
Friedrich August Wolf was a pioneering German classical philologist best known for his critical work on Homer and for helping to establish philology as a modern academic discipline.
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E.
Johann Salomo Semler
Johann Salomo Semler was an 18th-century German theologian and biblical scholar often regarded as a founder of modern historical-critical study of the Bible and a leading figure of the German Enlightenment.
- 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: Johann Albrecht Bengel Target entity description: Johann Albrecht Bengel was an 18th-century German Lutheran theologian and biblical scholar renowned for his critical work on the Greek New Testament and influential exegetical writings.
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A.
Ferdinand Christian Baur
Ferdinand Christian Baur was a 19th-century German Protestant theologian and founder of the Tübingen School, known for his critical-historical approach to early Christianity and the New Testament.
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B.
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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C.
Johann Christian Keil
Johann Christian Keil was the father of Portuguese composer and painter Alfredo Keil, known for his role in the family background of this prominent cultural figure.
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D.
Friedrich August Wolf
Friedrich August Wolf was a pioneering German classical philologist best known for his critical work on Homer and for helping to establish philology as a modern academic discipline.
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E.
Johann Salomo Semler
Johann Salomo Semler was an 18th-century German theologian and biblical scholar often regarded as a founder of modern historical-critical study of the Bible and a leading figure of the German Enlightenment.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Johann Albrecht Bengel Description of subject: Johann Albrecht Bengel was an 18th-century German Lutheran theologian and biblical scholar renowned for his critical work on the Greek New Testament and influential exegetical writings.
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linked to: Johann Albrecht Bengel