The Childhood of Jesus
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The Childhood of Jesus is a 2013 philosophical novel by Nobel laureate J. M. Coetzee that explores themes of identity, language, and displacement through the story of a man and a boy starting life anew in a mysterious, austere society.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Childhood of Jesus canonical | 4 |
| Childhood of Jesus | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5380515 — 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: The Childhood of Jesus Context triple: [J. M. Coetzee, notableWork, The Childhood of Jesus]
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A.
L’Enfance du Christ
L’Enfance du Christ is a sacred choral work by Hector Berlioz that depicts episodes from the early life of Jesus, notable for its lyrical style and intimate orchestration.
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B.
The Finding of the Saviour in the Temple
The Finding of the Saviour in the Temple is a detailed 19th-century religious painting by William Holman Hunt depicting the biblical scene of the young Jesus being discovered by his parents teaching in the Temple.
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Jesus and the Disinherited
"Jesus and the Disinherited" is a seminal theological work by Howard Thurman that interprets the life and teachings of Jesus as a source of hope and empowerment for oppressed and marginalized people.
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The Nativity
The Nativity is a painting by British Pre-Raphaelite artist Arthur Hughes depicting the birth of Jesus with the movement’s characteristic attention to detail, color, and emotional tenderness.
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Christ in the House of His Parents
Christ in the House of His Parents is a mid-19th-century Pre-Raphaelite religious painting by John Everett Millais depicting the Holy Family in a detailed, naturalistic carpenter’s workshop.
- 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: The Childhood of Jesus Target entity description: The Childhood of Jesus is a 2013 philosophical novel by Nobel laureate J. M. Coetzee that explores themes of identity, language, and displacement through the story of a man and a boy starting life anew in a mysterious, austere society.
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A.
L’Enfance du Christ
L’Enfance du Christ is a sacred choral work by Hector Berlioz that depicts episodes from the early life of Jesus, notable for its lyrical style and intimate orchestration.
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B.
The Finding of the Saviour in the Temple
The Finding of the Saviour in the Temple is a detailed 19th-century religious painting by William Holman Hunt depicting the biblical scene of the young Jesus being discovered by his parents teaching in the Temple.
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C.
Jesus and the Disinherited
"Jesus and the Disinherited" is a seminal theological work by Howard Thurman that interprets the life and teachings of Jesus as a source of hope and empowerment for oppressed and marginalized people.
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D.
The Nativity
The Nativity is a painting by British Pre-Raphaelite artist Arthur Hughes depicting the birth of Jesus with the movement’s characteristic attention to detail, color, and emotional tenderness.
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E.
Christ in the House of His Parents
Christ in the House of His Parents is a mid-19th-century Pre-Raphaelite religious painting by John Everett Millais depicting the Holy Family in a detailed, naturalistic carpenter’s workshop.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| author | J. M. Coetzee ⓘ |
| awardedToAuthor |
Nobel Prize in Literature (J. M. Coetzee, 2003)
ⓘ
linked to:
Nobel Prize in Literature
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| countryOfOrigin | Australia ⓘ |
| criticalReception | generally positive ⓘ |
| exploresConcept |
the formation of self
ⓘ
the nature of reality ⓘ the role of stories in understanding the world ⓘ |
| firstPublicationFormat | print ⓘ |
| followedBy |
The Death of Jesus
ⓘ
The Schooldays of Jesus ⓘ |
| genre |
literary fiction
ⓘ
philosophical fiction ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 978-1-846-55368-2 ⓘ |
| hasMotif |
amnesia
ⓘ
bureaucracy ⓘ translation ⓘ |
| hasPageCount | 288 (approximate, depending on edition) ⓘ |
| hasSequelRelation | first book in the Jesus trilogy by J. M. Coetzee ⓘ |
| hasTargetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| hasTitleAllusion | New Testament accounts of Jesus’ childhood ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 21st-century literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
David
ⓘ
Simón ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person ⓘ |
| notableFor |
allegorical narrative
ⓘ
austere prose style ⓘ open-ended interpretation ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | Jesus trilogy ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 2013 ⓘ |
| publisher |
Harvill Secker
ⓘ
linked to:
The Harvill Press
Viking ⓘ |
| setting | fictional Spanish-speaking country ⓘ |
| theme |
displacement
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education ⓘ identity ⓘ language ⓘ migration ⓘ parenthood ⓘ philosophy of language ⓘ utopian society ⓘ |
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