Vie de Jésus
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Vie de Jésus is a controversial 1863 historical-critical biography of Jesus by French scholar Ernest Renan that portrays Christ as a human moral teacher rather than a divine figure.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Vie de Jésus canonical | 4 |
| La Vie de Jésus | 1 |
| Life of Jesus | 1 |
| life of Jesus | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10221594 — 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: Vie de Jésus Context triple: [Ernest Renan, notableWork, Vie de Jésus]
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A.
The Story of Jesus
The Story of Jesus is a 1949 American religious drama film directed by Irving Pichel that portrays the life and teachings of Jesus Christ.
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B.
The Childhood of Jesus
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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C.
Les Quatre Évangiles
Les Quatre Évangiles is a later multi-volume novel cycle by Émile Zola that continues his exploration of social, moral, and spiritual themes beyond the Rougon-Macquart series.
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D.
Passion of Jesus
The Passion of Jesus refers to the suffering, crucifixion, and death of Jesus Christ, commemorated especially during Holy Week in Christian tradition.
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E.
The Schooldays of Jesus
The Schooldays of Jesus is a philosophical novel by Nobel laureate J. M. Coetzee that continues the allegorical narrative begun in The Childhood of Jesus, exploring themes of education, identity, and moral formation.
- 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: Vie de Jésus Target entity description: Vie de Jésus is a controversial 1863 historical-critical biography of Jesus by French scholar Ernest Renan that portrays Christ as a human moral teacher rather than a divine figure.
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A.
The Story of Jesus
The Story of Jesus is a 1949 American religious drama film directed by Irving Pichel that portrays the life and teachings of Jesus Christ.
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B.
The Childhood of Jesus
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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C.
Les Quatre Évangiles
Les Quatre Évangiles is a later multi-volume novel cycle by Émile Zola that continues his exploration of social, moral, and spiritual themes beyond the Rougon-Macquart series.
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D.
Passion of Jesus
The Passion of Jesus refers to the suffering, crucifixion, and death of Jesus Christ, commemorated especially during Holy Week in Christian tradition.
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E.
The Schooldays of Jesus
The Schooldays of Jesus is a philosophical novel by Nobel laureate J. M. Coetzee that continues the allegorical narrative begun in The Childhood of Jesus, exploring themes of education, identity, and moral formation.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
biography
ⓘ
book ⓘ historical-critical work ⓘ |
| author | Ernest Renan ⓘ |
| basedOn |
canonical Gospels
ⓘ
historical sources available in the 19th century ⓘ |
| caused | major religious controversy in France ⓘ |
| comparesJesusTo | great moral teachers ⓘ |
| controversial | true ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| criticizedBy |
Catholic Church
ⓘ
linked to:
Catholic Church worldwide
conservative Protestants ⓘ |
| denies | divinity of Jesus as traditionally understood in Christianity ⓘ |
| downplays |
miracles of Jesus
ⓘ
supernatural elements in the Gospels ⓘ |
| emphasizes | ethical teachings of Jesus ⓘ |
| era | 19th century ⓘ |
| firstEditionPublisher |
Michel Lévy Frères
ⓘ
linked to:
Michel Lévy frères
|
| follows | Enlightenment rationalist traditions ⓘ |
| genre |
religious biography
ⓘ
theological criticism ⓘ |
| hasForm | prose ⓘ |
| influenced |
historical Jesus research
ⓘ
liberal theology ⓘ modern biblical criticism ⓘ |
| ledTo | public debates on faith and reason in 19th-century France ⓘ |
| methodology |
historical-critical method
ⓘ
philological analysis ⓘ rationalist approach ⓘ |
| notableFor |
popularizing the historical Jesus approach for a broad audience
ⓘ
separating the Jesus of history from the Christ of faith ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | French ⓘ |
| partOf |
Ernest Renan's multi-volume Histoire des origines du christianisme
ⓘ
linked to:
Histoire des origines du christianisme
|
| placeOfPublication | Paris ⓘ |
| portraysJesusAs | human moral teacher ⓘ |
| publicationContext |
Second French Empire
ⓘ
linked to:
Second Empire of France
|
| publicationYear | 1863 ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Les Apôtres
ⓘ
Saint Paul ⓘ |
| religiousPerspective | liberal Catholic background turned heterodox ⓘ |
| subject |
Christianity
ⓘ
Jesus ⓘ New Testament ⓘ historical Jesus ⓘ |
| translatedInto |
English
ⓘ
German ⓘ Italian ⓘ Spanish ⓘ |
| workOf | Ernest Renan ⓘ |
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Referenced by (7)
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