martyrdom of Eleazar
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The martyrdom of Eleazar is a biblical account of an elderly Jewish scribe who chooses torture and death rather than violate the Law by eating forbidden meat under Seleucid persecution.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| martyrdom of Eleazar canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T916916 — 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: martyrdom of Eleazar Context triple: [2 Maccabees, containsStoryOf, martyrdom of Eleazar]
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A.
Fast of Gedaliah
The Fast of Gedaliah is a minor Jewish fast day commemorating the assassination of Gedaliah ben Ahikam and the subsequent end of Jewish autonomy after the First Temple’s destruction.
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B.
Martyrs of Palestine
Martyrs of Palestine is an early Christian historical work by Eusebius of Caesarea that recounts the persecutions and executions of Christians in Roman Palestine during the Diocletianic persecution.
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C.
Simele massacre
The Simele massacre was a 1933 atrocity in the Kingdom of Iraq in which Iraqi forces killed thousands of Assyrian civilians, marking one of the first modern genocidal campaigns against the Assyrian people.
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D.
The Taking of Christ
The Taking of Christ is a dramatic Baroque painting by Caravaggio depicting the arrest of Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane, renowned for its intense chiaroscuro and emotional realism.
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E.
Martyrs of February Stadium
Martyrs of February Stadium is a major football stadium in Benghazi, Libya, named in commemoration of those killed during the February 2011 uprising.
- 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: martyrdom of Eleazar Target entity description: The martyrdom of Eleazar is a biblical account of an elderly Jewish scribe who chooses torture and death rather than violate the Law by eating forbidden meat under Seleucid persecution.
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A.
Fast of Gedaliah
The Fast of Gedaliah is a minor Jewish fast day commemorating the assassination of Gedaliah ben Ahikam and the subsequent end of Jewish autonomy after the First Temple’s destruction.
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B.
Martyrs of Palestine
Martyrs of Palestine is an early Christian historical work by Eusebius of Caesarea that recounts the persecutions and executions of Christians in Roman Palestine during the Diocletianic persecution.
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C.
Simele massacre
The Simele massacre was a 1933 atrocity in the Kingdom of Iraq in which Iraqi forces killed thousands of Assyrian civilians, marking one of the first modern genocidal campaigns against the Assyrian people.
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D.
The Taking of Christ
The Taking of Christ is a dramatic Baroque painting by Caravaggio depicting the arrest of Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane, renowned for its intense chiaroscuro and emotional realism.
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E.
Martyrs of February Stadium
Martyrs of February Stadium is a major football stadium in Benghazi, Libya, named in commemoration of those killed during the February 2011 uprising.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Jewish religious story
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Jewish scribe ⓘ biblical narrative ⓘ elderly man ⓘ martyrdom account ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Maccabean crisis
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linked to:
Maccabean Revolt
|
| associatedWithLaw | Torah dietary laws ⓘ |
| canonicalStatus |
apocryphal for most Protestant traditions
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deuterocanonical in Catholic tradition ⓘ part of the Orthodox biblical canon ⓘ |
| commemoratedIn | some Christian lectionaries ⓘ |
| describedIn |
2 Maccabees
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2 Maccabees 6:18–31 ⓘ |
| didacticTarget | young Jews under persecution ⓘ |
| ethicalEmphasis |
acceptance of suffering for righteousness
ⓘ
refusal of hypocrisy ⓘ |
| followedBy | martyrdom of the seven brothers in 2 Maccabees 7 ⓘ |
| genre | didactic narrative ⓘ |
| hasMainCharacter | Eleazar ⓘ |
| influenced | later Jewish and Christian martyrdom ideals ⓘ |
| involves |
execution
ⓘ
refusal to eat pork ⓘ torture ⓘ |
| languageOfOriginalText | Greek ⓘ |
| literaryFunction |
edifying example
ⓘ
encouragement to remain faithful under persecution ⓘ |
| location |
Hellenistic Judea
ⓘ
linked to:
Hellenistic–Roman Judea
|
| moralChoice |
death rather than violate the Law
ⓘ
refusal to pretend to eat forbidden meat ⓘ |
| precededBy | narratives of Hellenistic decrees against Jewish practices in 2 Maccabees ⓘ |
| relatedWork | martyrdom of the seven brothers and their mother ⓘ |
| religiousTradition |
Christianity
ⓘ
Judaism ⓘ |
| roleIn | martyrdom of Eleazar ⓘ |
| setDuring |
Seleucid persecution
ⓘ
reign of Antiochus IV Epiphanes ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
integrity in public witness
ⓘ
steadfastness in covenant loyalty ⓘ |
| textualSource | Septuagint tradition of 2 Maccabees ⓘ |
| theme |
courage in old age
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example to the young ⓘ faithfulness to the Law ⓘ martyrdom ⓘ obedience to God ⓘ refusal to eat forbidden food ⓘ religious persecution ⓘ |
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Subject: martyrdom of Eleazar Description of subject: The martyrdom of Eleazar is a biblical account of an elderly Jewish scribe who chooses torture and death rather than violate the Law by eating forbidden meat under Seleucid persecution.
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