Dialogue with Trypho
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Dialogue with Trypho is a second-century Christian apologetic work by Justin Martyr that presents a theological debate between Justin and a Jew named Trypho about the messiahship of Jesus and the relationship between Christianity and Judaism.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Dialogue with Trypho canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T948509 — 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: Dialogue with Trypho Context triple: [Justin Martyr, notableWork, Dialogue with Trypho]
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Echo Stoa
Echo Stoa is an ancient colonnaded portico at Olympia in Greece, renowned for its unique acoustics and role in framing the sanctuary’s sacred and athletic spaces.
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Theophilus
Theophilus is the otherwise unknown individual addressed in the prefaces of the Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles, likely a patron or symbolic “lover of God” to whom these New Testament works are dedicated.
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Theophilus
Theophilus was a prominent 6th-century Byzantine jurist and legal scholar who helped draft and interpret Emperor Justinian I’s codification of Roman law.
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Pythias
Pythias was the first wife of the ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle and the mother of his daughter, also named Pythias.
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Philoetius
Philoetius is a loyal cowherd in Homer’s Odyssey who helps Odysseus and Telemachus defeat the suitors upon Odysseus’s return to Ithaca.
- 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: Dialogue with Trypho Target entity description: Dialogue with Trypho is a second-century Christian apologetic work by Justin Martyr that presents a theological debate between Justin and a Jew named Trypho about the messiahship of Jesus and the relationship between Christianity and Judaism.
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A.
Echo Stoa
Echo Stoa is an ancient colonnaded portico at Olympia in Greece, renowned for its unique acoustics and role in framing the sanctuary’s sacred and athletic spaces.
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B.
Theophilus
Theophilus is the otherwise unknown individual addressed in the prefaces of the Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles, likely a patron or symbolic “lover of God” to whom these New Testament works are dedicated.
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C.
Theophilus
Theophilus was a prominent 6th-century Byzantine jurist and legal scholar who helped draft and interpret Emperor Justinian I’s codification of Roman law.
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D.
Pythias
Pythias was the first wife of the ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle and the mother of his daughter, also named Pythias.
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E.
Philoetius
Philoetius is a loyal cowherd in Homer’s Odyssey who helps Odysseus and Telemachus defeat the suitors upon Odysseus’s return to Ithaca.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Christian apologetic work
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early Christian text ⓘ theological dialogue ⓘ |
| author | Justin Martyr ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
covenant theology
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fulfillment of Old Testament prophecy ⓘ interpretation of Hebrew Scriptures ⓘ law and grace ⓘ messiahship of Jesus ⓘ relationship between Christianity and Judaism ⓘ |
| dateWritten | 2nd century ⓘ |
| depicts | dialogue between a Christian and a Jew ⓘ |
| discusses |
Christian response to Judaism
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Jewish objections to Christianity ⓘ Sabbath observance ⓘ circumcision ⓘ logos Christology ⓘ role of the Mosaic Law ⓘ suffering servant passages in Isaiah ⓘ |
| genre |
apologetics
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polemical theology ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Christological arguments
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critique of Jewish ritual practices ⓘ discussion of the new covenant ⓘ extended scriptural exegesis ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
post–Bar Kokhba revolt period
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second-century Christian–Jewish relations ⓘ |
| includedIn | corpus of Justin Martyr ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Hebrew Bible
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linked to:
Tanakh
Hellenistic philosophy ⓘ Septuagint ⓘ |
| language | Greek ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Justin
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Trypho ⓘ |
| notableFeature | extensive Old Testament quotations ⓘ |
| opposesPositionOf | non-Christian Judaism ⓘ |
| presentsViewpointOf |
Justin Martyr as Christian apologist
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Trypho as representative Jew ⓘ |
| preservedIn | various medieval manuscripts ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Christianity ⓘ |
| setting |
Ephesus (traditional attribution)
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linked to:
Ephesus
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| structure | extended dialogue form ⓘ |
| theologicalPosition |
Jesus as fulfillment of Jewish prophecy
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church as true Israel ⓘ supersessionist tendencies ⓘ |
| usedBy |
historians of early Christianity
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patristic scholars ⓘ scholars of Christian–Jewish relations ⓘ |
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Subject: Dialogue with Trypho Description of subject: Dialogue with Trypho is a second-century Christian apologetic work by Justin Martyr that presents a theological debate between Justin and a Jew named Trypho about the messiahship of Jesus and the relationship between Christianity and Judaism.
Referenced by (3)
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subject linked to:
Justin