Christian Hermann Weisse
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Christian Hermann Weisse was a 19th-century German Protestant theologian and philosopher known for his early advocacy of Markan priority in New Testament scholarship and his contributions to speculative theism.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Christian Hermann Weisse canonical | 4 |
| Christian Gottfried Hermann Weisse | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11712086 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Christian Hermann Weisse Context triple: [Markan priority, associatedWith, Christian Hermann Weisse]
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Karl Emil Schäfer
Karl Emil Schäfer was a German World War I flying ace renowned for his high victory count and service in elite fighter squadrons of the Luftstreitkräfte.
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B.
Wilhelm Ohnesorge
Wilhelm Ohnesorge was a German engineer and Nazi politician who served as the Reich Post Minister under Adolf Hitler and was involved in the regime’s communications and propaganda apparatus.
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C.
Maximilian Emil Hehl
Maximilian Emil Hehl was a German-born architect known for his influential work in Brazil, most notably helping shape the neo-Gothic architectural landscape of São Paulo.
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Georg-Hans Reinhardt
Georg-Hans Reinhardt was a German Wehrmacht colonel general who commanded Army Group Centre on the Eastern Front during World War II and was later convicted as a war criminal.
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E.
Ludwig Borchardt
Ludwig Borchardt was a German Egyptologist and archaeologist best known for his early 20th-century excavations in Egypt and the discovery of the bust of Nefertiti.
- 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: Christian Hermann Weisse Target entity description: Christian Hermann Weisse was a 19th-century German Protestant theologian and philosopher known for his early advocacy of Markan priority in New Testament scholarship and his contributions to speculative theism.
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A.
Karl Emil Schäfer
Karl Emil Schäfer was a German World War I flying ace renowned for his high victory count and service in elite fighter squadrons of the Luftstreitkräfte.
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B.
Wilhelm Ohnesorge
Wilhelm Ohnesorge was a German engineer and Nazi politician who served as the Reich Post Minister under Adolf Hitler and was involved in the regime’s communications and propaganda apparatus.
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C.
Maximilian Emil Hehl
Maximilian Emil Hehl was a German-born architect known for his influential work in Brazil, most notably helping shape the neo-Gothic architectural landscape of São Paulo.
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D.
Georg-Hans Reinhardt
Georg-Hans Reinhardt was a German Wehrmacht colonel general who commanded Army Group Centre on the Eastern Front during World War II and was later convicted as a war criminal.
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E.
Ludwig Borchardt
Ludwig Borchardt was a German Egyptologist and archaeologist best known for his early 20th-century excavations in Egypt and the discovery of the bust of Nefertiti.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
19th-century philosopher
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German Protestant theologian ⓘ human ⓘ philosopher ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline |
Protestant theology
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philosophy ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of Saxony ⓘ |
| educatedAt | University of Leipzig ⓘ |
| employer | University of Leipzig ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | German ⓘ |
| familyName |
Weisse
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linked to:
Weiß
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| fieldOfWork |
New Testament studies
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linked to:
New Testament scholarship
aesthetics ⓘ metaphysics ⓘ philosophy of religion ⓘ theology ⓘ |
| givenName | Christian ⓘ |
| influenced |
New Testament source criticism
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subsequent Markan priority scholarship ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling
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G. W. F. Hegel ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | German ⓘ |
| movement |
German Idealism
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linked to:
German idealism
speculative theism ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | German ⓘ |
| notableFor |
contributions to speculative theism
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pioneering use of Markan priority in synoptic problem research ⓘ systematic development of a theistic metaphysics distinct from Hegelianism ⓘ |
| notableIdea |
early advocacy of Markan priority
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personal theistic metaphysics ⓘ two-source hypothesis precursor ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Die evangelische Geschichte, kritisch und philosophisch bearbeitet
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Philosophische Dogmatik oder Philosophie des Christentums ⓘ System der Ästhetik als Wissenschaft von der Idee der Schönheit ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Leipzig ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Leipzig ⓘ |
| positionHeld | professor of philosophy ⓘ |
| religion |
Lutheranism
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Protestantism ⓘ
linked to:
Protestant Christianity
|
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| workLocation | Leipzig ⓘ |
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Referenced by (5)
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linked to: Christian Hermann Weisse