David Shulman
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David Shulman is an American scholar and translator renowned for his work on South Indian languages, literature, and religion, particularly in the fields of Tamil and Sanskrit studies.
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| David Shulman canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6479604 — 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: David Shulman Context triple: [Shulman, hasNotableBearer, David Shulman]
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A.
Shlomo Ganzfried
Shlomo Ganzfried was a 19th-century Hungarian rabbi and halachic authority best known for composing the widely used concise code of Jewish law, the Kitzur Shulchan Aruch.
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B.
Amnon Ben-Tor
Amnon Ben-Tor is an Israeli archaeologist renowned for his leadership of major excavations at the ancient Canaanite and Israelite city of Hazor and his contributions to the study of Bronze and Iron Age archaeology in the Levant.
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C.
Mendes J. Cohen
Mendes J. Cohen was an early 19th-century American businessman and politician from Baltimore, Maryland, best known for his role in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Cohens v. Virginia.
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D.
Hillel Steiner
Hillel Steiner is a political philosopher known for his work on rights, justice, and libertarianism within the analytic tradition.
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E.
Louis Jacobs
Louis Jacobs was an American businessman best known as a co-founder of the hospitality and food service company Delaware North.
- 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: David Shulman Target entity description: David Shulman is an American scholar and translator renowned for his work on South Indian languages, literature, and religion, particularly in the fields of Tamil and Sanskrit studies.
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A.
Shlomo Ganzfried
Shlomo Ganzfried was a 19th-century Hungarian rabbi and halachic authority best known for composing the widely used concise code of Jewish law, the Kitzur Shulchan Aruch.
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B.
Amnon Ben-Tor
Amnon Ben-Tor is an Israeli archaeologist renowned for his leadership of major excavations at the ancient Canaanite and Israelite city of Hazor and his contributions to the study of Bronze and Iron Age archaeology in the Levant.
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C.
Mendes J. Cohen
Mendes J. Cohen was an early 19th-century American businessman and politician from Baltimore, Maryland, best known for his role in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Cohens v. Virginia.
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D.
Hillel Steiner
Hillel Steiner is a political philosopher known for his work on rights, justice, and libertarianism within the analytic tradition.
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E.
Louis Jacobs
Louis Jacobs was an American businessman best known as a co-founder of the hospitality and food service company Delaware North.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Indologist
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historian of religion ⓘ human ⓘ philologist ⓘ translator ⓘ |
| areaOfInfluence | South India NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
EMET Prize for Art, Science and Culture
NERFINISHED
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Israel Prize for Religious Studies NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Israel
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United States of America ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
NERFINISHED
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School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer | Hebrew University of Jerusalem NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Indology
NERFINISHED
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Sanskrit studies ⓘ South Indian history ⓘ Tamil studies ⓘ comparative literature ⓘ religious studies ⓘ |
| givenName | David NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languagesSpokenWrittenOrSigned |
English
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Hebrew ⓘ Malayalam ⓘ Sanskrit ⓘ Tamil NERFINISHED ⓘ Telugu ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Academia Europaea
NERFINISHED
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Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | David Shulman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
research on Sanskrit literature
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research on South Indian languages ⓘ research on Tamil literature ⓘ studies of South Indian religion ⓘ translations of Sanskrit texts ⓘ translations of Tamil texts ⓘ |
| notableWork |
A Poem at the Right Moment: Remembered Verses from Premodern South India
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Classical Telugu Poetry: An Anthology NERFINISHED ⓘ Dark Hope: Working for Peace in Israel and Palestine NERFINISHED ⓘ More Than Real: A History of the Imagination in South India NERFINISHED ⓘ Spring, Heat, Rains: A South Indian Diary NERFINISHED ⓘ Tamil Temple Myths NERFINISHED ⓘ Tamil: A Biography NERFINISHED ⓘ The Hungry God: Hindu Tales of Filicide and Devotion NERFINISHED ⓘ The King and the Clown in South Indian Myth and Poetry NERFINISHED ⓘ The Wisdom of Poets: Studies in Tamil, Telugu, and Sanskrit NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Professor
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Renee Lang Professor of Humanistic Studies NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| workLocation | Jerusalem NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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