Coptic Bible in Sahidic dialect
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The Coptic Bible in Sahidic dialect is an early and extensive translation of the Christian scriptures into the Sahidic variety of the Coptic language, serving as a major witness to early biblical text and Coptic Christianity.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Coptic Bible in Sahidic dialect canonical | 1 |
| Coptic codices | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9871381 — 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: Coptic Bible in Sahidic dialect Context triple: [Sahidic Coptic, primaryCorpusIncludes, Coptic Bible in Sahidic dialect]
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A.
Sahidic Coptic
Sahidic Coptic is the major classical literary dialect of the Coptic language, widely used in early Christian Egypt for religious and scholarly texts.
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B.
Ge'ez Bible
The Ge'ez Bible is an ancient Ethiopian translation of the Christian scriptures, foundational to the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church and one of the oldest complete biblical canons in continuous use.
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C.
Peshitta
The Peshitta is the standard Syriac version of the Bible, historically central to Syriac Christianity’s scripture and liturgy.
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D.
Bohairic Coptic
Bohairic Coptic is the northern dialect of the Coptic language that became the principal liturgical language of the Coptic Orthodox Church.
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E.
Codex Sinaiticus
Codex Sinaiticus is one of the oldest and most complete surviving manuscripts of the Christian Bible, written in Greek on parchment in the 4th century.
- 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: Coptic Bible in Sahidic dialect Target entity description: The Coptic Bible in Sahidic dialect is an early and extensive translation of the Christian scriptures into the Sahidic variety of the Coptic language, serving as a major witness to early biblical text and Coptic Christianity.
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A.
Sahidic Coptic
Sahidic Coptic is the major classical literary dialect of the Coptic language, widely used in early Christian Egypt for religious and scholarly texts.
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B.
Ge'ez Bible
The Ge'ez Bible is an ancient Ethiopian translation of the Christian scriptures, foundational to the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church and one of the oldest complete biblical canons in continuous use.
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C.
Peshitta
The Peshitta is the standard Syriac version of the Bible, historically central to Syriac Christianity’s scripture and liturgy.
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D.
Bohairic Coptic
Bohairic Coptic is the northern dialect of the Coptic language that became the principal liturgical language of the Coptic Orthodox Church.
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E.
Codex Sinaiticus
Codex Sinaiticus is one of the oldest and most complete surviving manuscripts of the Christian Bible, written in Greek on parchment in the 4th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Bible translation
ⓘ
Coptic literary work ⓘ |
| approximateDate |
3rd century
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4th century ⓘ |
| contains |
Acts of the Apostles
ⓘ
Book of Revelation ⓘ Catholic Epistles ⓘ Deuterocanonical books ⓘ Gospels ⓘ New Testament ⓘ Old Testament ⓘ
linked to:
Christian Old Testament
Pauline Epistles ⓘ |
| dialectRegion | Thebaid ⓘ |
| form | codex ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Greek New Testament
ⓘ
linked to:
Koine Greek New Testament
Greek Septuagint ⓘ
linked to:
Septuagint
|
| language | Sahidic Coptic ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Coptic language
ⓘ
Egyptian language ⓘ
linked to:
Egyptian language family
|
| placeOfOrigin | Egypt ⓘ |
| preservedIn |
European libraries
ⓘ
North American libraries ⓘ monastic libraries ⓘ museum collections ⓘ |
| primaryRegionOfUse | Upper Egypt ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| script | Coptic script ⓘ |
| significance |
earliest extensive Bible translation into Coptic
ⓘ
major witness to Coptic Christianity ⓘ major witness to early biblical text ⓘ |
| sourceFor |
New Testament textual criticism
ⓘ
Septuagint studies ⓘ history of Egyptian Christianity ⓘ history of the Coptic language ⓘ |
| studiedInDiscipline |
Coptology
ⓘ
biblical studies ⓘ historical linguistics ⓘ textual criticism ⓘ |
| textType | early version ⓘ |
| tradition | Coptic Christianity ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Coptic Orthodox Christians
ⓘ
linked to:
Coptic Orthodox Church
Coptic monastic communities ⓘ |
| usedFor |
liturgical reading
ⓘ
monastic study ⓘ private devotion ⓘ |
| writingMaterial |
papyrus
ⓘ
parchment ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Greek alphabet-derived script ⓘ |
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Subject: Coptic Bible in Sahidic dialect Description of subject: The Coptic Bible in Sahidic dialect is an early and extensive translation of the Christian scriptures into the Sahidic variety of the Coptic language, serving as a major witness to early biblical text and Coptic Christianity.
Referenced by (2)
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