Behold the Man
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Behold the Man is a science fiction novel by Michael Moorcock that follows a troubled time traveler who journeys to first-century Judea in search of the historical Jesus, only to become entangled in the very origins of the Christian myth.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Behold the Man canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6875702 — 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: Behold the Man Context triple: [Michael Moorcock, notableWork, Behold the Man]
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A.
Behold the Man
"Behold the Man" is the English rendering of the Latin phrase "Ecce Homo," historically associated with depictions of Jesus Christ presented by Pontius Pilate before the crowd in Christian art and literature.
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B.
The Road to Calvary
The Road to Calvary is a historical novel trilogy by Russian writer Alexei Tolstoy that follows the lives of two sisters amid the upheavals of World War I, the Russian Revolution, and the Civil War.
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C.
Der Messias
Der Messias is an 18th-century German religious epic poem by Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock that recounts the story of Christ’s redemption in an elevated, classical style.
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D.
The Last Temptation of Christ
The Last Temptation of Christ is a 1988 religious drama film directed by Martin Scorsese that controversially reimagines the life and inner struggles of Jesus Christ.
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E.
Passion of Christ
The Passion of Christ refers to the suffering, crucifixion, and death of Jesus as recounted in the Christian Gospels and commemorated in Christian liturgy and art.
- 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: Behold the Man Target entity description: Behold the Man is a science fiction novel by Michael Moorcock that follows a troubled time traveler who journeys to first-century Judea in search of the historical Jesus, only to become entangled in the very origins of the Christian myth.
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A.
Behold the Man
"Behold the Man" is the English rendering of the Latin phrase "Ecce Homo," historically associated with depictions of Jesus Christ presented by Pontius Pilate before the crowd in Christian art and literature.
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B.
The Road to Calvary
The Road to Calvary is a historical novel trilogy by Russian writer Alexei Tolstoy that follows the lives of two sisters amid the upheavals of World War I, the Russian Revolution, and the Civil War.
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C.
Der Messias
Der Messias is an 18th-century German religious epic poem by Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock that recounts the story of Christ’s redemption in an elevated, classical style.
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D.
The Last Temptation of Christ
The Last Temptation of Christ is a 1988 religious drama film directed by Martin Scorsese that controversially reimagines the life and inner struggles of Jesus Christ.
-
E.
Passion of Christ
The Passion of Christ refers to the suffering, crucifixion, and death of Jesus as recounted in the Christian Gospels and commemorated in Christian liturgy and art.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | science fiction novel ⓘ |
| adaptation | radio drama ⓘ |
| author | Michael Moorcock ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Nebula Award for Best Novella nomination
ⓘ
linked to:
Nebula Award for Best Novella
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| centralTheme |
faith and doubt
ⓘ
identity and self-sacrifice ⓘ messianic myth-making ⓘ search for the historical Jesus ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| coverArtist | Richard Glyn Jones ⓘ |
| expandedNovelPublicationYear | 1969 ⓘ |
| firstPublishedAs | novella ⓘ |
| genre |
religious fiction
ⓘ
science fiction ⓘ time travel fiction ⓘ |
| hasCategory |
British novels
ⓘ
novels about religion ⓘ time travel novels ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn | later religiously themed science fiction ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 0-85031-015-4 ⓘ |
| hasNarrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| hasPageCount | 128 ⓘ |
| hasSequel | Breakfast in the Ruins ⓘ |
| involves | origin of the Christian myth ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| laterPublishedAs | expanded novel ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | New Wave science fiction ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Karl Glogauer ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| narrativeDevice | time travel ⓘ |
| notableFor |
blending theology and speculative fiction
ⓘ
controversial depiction of Jesus ⓘ |
| originalMedium | magazine publication ⓘ |
| originalPublicationYear | 1966 ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | time traveler ⓘ |
| protagonistTrait | psychologically troubled ⓘ |
| publishedInPeriodical | New Worlds ⓘ |
| publisher | Allison & Busby ⓘ |
| religiousContext | Christianity ⓘ |
| settingPlace | Judea ⓘ |
| settingTime | 1st century ⓘ |
| subject |
Jesus Christ
ⓘ
messiah figure ⓘ time paradoxes ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| titleOrigin | Biblical phrase "Ecce Homo" ("Behold the man") ⓘ |
| workOf | Michael Moorcock ⓘ |
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Instruction
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