Book of Holiness
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Book of Holiness is the English rendering of "Sefer Kedushah," a section of Maimonides’ Mishneh Torah that codifies Jewish laws concerning sexual ethics and forbidden relationships.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Book of Holiness canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6596158 — 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: Book of Holiness Context triple: [Sefer Kedushah, hasTitleMeaning, Book of Holiness]
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A.
The Way of Holiness
The Way of Holiness is a 19th-century Christian devotional work by Phoebe Palmer that helped popularize the doctrine and experience of entire sanctification within the Holiness movement.
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B.
Book of Pentecost
The Book of Pentecost, also known as the Pentecostarion, is an Eastern Orthodox liturgical book containing the hymns and services for the period from Easter (Pascha) through the Sunday after Pentecost.
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C.
Book of God
The "Book of God" is a Qur’anic term referring to God’s revealed scripture, often understood as the divine record of guidance, law, and judgment for humanity.
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D.
Book of Blessings
The Book of Blessings is a liturgical book of the Roman Catholic Church that contains the official rites and prayers for a wide variety of blessings for people, places, and objects.
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E.
Book of Glory
The Book of Glory is the second major section of the Gospel of John that focuses on Jesus’ final teachings, passion, death, and resurrection, emphasizing his glorification through these events.
- 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: Book of Holiness Target entity description: Book of Holiness is the English rendering of "Sefer Kedushah," a section of Maimonides’ Mishneh Torah that codifies Jewish laws concerning sexual ethics and forbidden relationships.
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A.
The Way of Holiness
The Way of Holiness is a 19th-century Christian devotional work by Phoebe Palmer that helped popularize the doctrine and experience of entire sanctification within the Holiness movement.
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B.
Book of Pentecost
The Book of Pentecost, also known as the Pentecostarion, is an Eastern Orthodox liturgical book containing the hymns and services for the period from Easter (Pascha) through the Sunday after Pentecost.
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C.
Book of God
The "Book of God" is a Qur’anic term referring to God’s revealed scripture, often understood as the divine record of guidance, law, and judgment for humanity.
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D.
Book of Blessings
The Book of Blessings is a liturgical book of the Roman Catholic Church that contains the official rites and prayers for a wide variety of blessings for people, places, and objects.
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E.
Book of Glory
The Book of Glory is the second major section of the Gospel of John that focuses on Jesus’ final teachings, passion, death, and resurrection, emphasizing his glorification through these events.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (36)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Jewish legal text
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part of Mishneh Torah ⓘ section of a halakhic code ⓘ |
| aimsTo | codify biblical and rabbinic laws on sexual behavior ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Jewish law
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medieval Jewish philosophy ⓘ |
| author |
Maimonides
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Moses ben Maimon ⓘ
linked to:
Maimonides
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| componentOf | fourteen-book structure of Mishneh Torah ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
forbidden relationships
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laws of sexual conduct ⓘ sexual ethics ⓘ |
| genre |
halakhic code
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rabbinic legal literature ⓘ |
| hasEnglishTitle | Book of Holiness ⓘ |
| hasHebrewTitle | Sefer Kedushah ⓘ |
| hasSubtopics |
laws of forbidden unions
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prohibitions on adultery ⓘ prohibitions on certain marriages ⓘ prohibitions on incest ⓘ |
| influenced | later halakhic codifiers ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | Hebrew ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Sefer Kedushah ⓘ |
| partOf | Mishneh Torah ⓘ |
| partOfLargerWork | Mishneh Torah ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | books of Mishneh Torah ⓘ |
| placeOfComposition | Egypt ⓘ |
| religiousLawSystem | Halakha ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Judaism ⓘ |
| scripturalBasis |
Talmud
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Torah ⓘ |
| theologicalTheme |
holiness in intimate relationships
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sanctification of human sexuality ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfComposition | 12th century ⓘ |
| usedBy | rabbinic scholars ⓘ |
| usedFor | practical halakhic rulings on sexual matters ⓘ |
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Subject: Book of Holiness Description of subject: Book of Holiness is the English rendering of "Sefer Kedushah," a section of Maimonides’ Mishneh Torah that codifies Jewish laws concerning sexual ethics and forbidden relationships.
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