Gershom Scholem
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Gershom Scholem was a pioneering 20th-century Jewish historian and scholar best known for founding the modern academic study of Jewish mysticism and Kabbalah.
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| Gershom Scholem canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Gershom Scholem Context triple: [Sefer ha-Ot, describedBySource, Gershom Scholem]
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Yehuda Bauer
Yehuda Bauer is an Israeli historian and leading Holocaust scholar renowned for his extensive research on genocide, antisemitism, and Holocaust education.
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B.
Shmuel Sambursky
Shmuel Sambursky was an Israeli physicist and historian of science known for his influential work on the conceptual development of physics in antiquity and the Middle Ages.
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C.
Abraham Geiger
Abraham Geiger was a 19th-century German rabbi and scholar who is widely regarded as one of the founding intellectual leaders of Reform Judaism.
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D.
Franz Rosenzweig
Franz Rosenzweig was a German-Jewish philosopher and theologian best known for his existential and dialogical approach to Judaism and his influential work "The Star of Redemption."
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E.
Rabbi Akiva Eiger
Rabbi Akiva Eiger was a preeminent 18th–19th century Ashkenazi rabbi and Talmudic scholar, renowned for his incisive halachic responsa and commentaries that became central to later rabbinic study.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Gershom Scholem Target entity description: Gershom Scholem was a pioneering 20th-century Jewish historian and scholar best known for founding the modern academic study of Jewish mysticism and Kabbalah.
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A.
Yehuda Bauer
Yehuda Bauer is an Israeli historian and leading Holocaust scholar renowned for his extensive research on genocide, antisemitism, and Holocaust education.
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B.
Shmuel Sambursky
Shmuel Sambursky was an Israeli physicist and historian of science known for his influential work on the conceptual development of physics in antiquity and the Middle Ages.
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C.
Abraham Geiger
Abraham Geiger was a 19th-century German rabbi and scholar who is widely regarded as one of the founding intellectual leaders of Reform Judaism.
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D.
Franz Rosenzweig
Franz Rosenzweig was a German-Jewish philosopher and theologian best known for his existential and dialogical approach to Judaism and his influential work "The Star of Redemption."
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E.
Rabbi Akiva Eiger
Rabbi Akiva Eiger was a preeminent 18th–19th century Ashkenazi rabbi and Talmudic scholar, renowned for his incisive halachic responsa and commentaries that became central to later rabbinic study.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Jewish studies scholar
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Kabbalah scholar ⓘ person ⓘ |
| birthName | Gerhard Scholem NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Jerusalem NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| citizenship |
Germany
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Israel ⓘ |
| closeFriendOf | Walter Benjamin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | German Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfDeath | Israel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1897-12-05 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1982-02-21 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Humboldt University of Berlin
NERFINISHED
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Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer | Hebrew University of Jerusalem NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Jewish ⓘ |
| familyName | Scholem NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Jewish history
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Jewish mysticism ⓘ Kabbalah NERFINISHED ⓘ religious studies ⓘ |
| givenName | Gershom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasGender | male ⓘ |
| influenced |
20th-century Jewish thought
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Walter Benjamin studies ⓘ academic study of Jewish mysticism ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
English
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German ⓘ Hebrew ⓘ |
| memberOf | Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movedTo | Jerusalem NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement | Zionism ⓘ |
| notableFor |
founding the modern academic study of Jewish mysticism
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founding the modern academic study of Kabbalah ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Jewish Gnosticism, Merkabah Mysticism, and Talmudic Tradition
NERFINISHED
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Major Trends in Jewish Mysticism NERFINISHED ⓘ On the Kabbalah and Its Symbolism NERFINISHED ⓘ Origins of the Kabbalah NERFINISHED ⓘ Sabbatai Sevi: The Mystical Messiah NERFINISHED ⓘ Walter Benjamin: The Story of a Friendship NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
historian
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philologist ⓘ professor ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Berlin ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Jerusalem NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Professor of Jewish Mysticism at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem ⓘ |
| religion | Judaism ⓘ |
| yearOfMigration | 1923 ⓘ |
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