Sefer Shoftim

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book of Mishneh Torah halakhic work

Sefer Shoftim is the final book of Maimonides’ Mishneh Torah, focusing on laws of judges, courts, kings, warfare, and the messianic era.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Sefer Shoftim canonical	5
Sefer Shoftim (Book of Judges) in Mishneh Torah context	1
Sefer Shoftim of Mishneh Torah	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1269653 — 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: Sefer Shoftim
Context triple: [Mishneh Torah, includesSection, Sefer Shoftim]

A. Sefer Mishpatim
Sefer Mishpatim is a major section of Maimonides’ Mishneh Torah that systematically codifies Jewish civil and financial law.
B. Book of Deuteronomy
The Book of Deuteronomy is the fifth book of the Hebrew Bible and Christian Old Testament, consisting largely of Moses’ final speeches and laws to Israel before entering the Promised Land.
C. Book of Joshua
The Book of Joshua is an Old Testament biblical book that narrates the Israelite conquest and settlement of Canaan under Joshua’s leadership following Moses’ death.
D. Sefer ha-Ot
Sefer ha-Ot is a seminal mystical treatise by the 13th-century Kabbalist Abraham Abulafia, exploring prophetic Kabbalah through letter permutations and meditative techniques.
E. Book of Numbers
The Book of Numbers is a biblical text in the Hebrew Bible that recounts the Israelites’ wilderness wanderings and preparations to enter the Promised Land, combining narrative episodes with laws and censuses.
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: Sefer Shoftim
Target entity description: Sefer Shoftim is the final book of Maimonides’ Mishneh Torah, focusing on laws of judges, courts, kings, warfare, and the messianic era.

A. Sefer Mishpatim
Sefer Mishpatim is a major section of Maimonides’ Mishneh Torah that systematically codifies Jewish civil and financial law.
B. Book of Deuteronomy
The Book of Deuteronomy is the fifth book of the Hebrew Bible and Christian Old Testament, consisting largely of Moses’ final speeches and laws to Israel before entering the Promised Land.
C. Book of Joshua
The Book of Joshua is an Old Testament biblical book that narrates the Israelite conquest and settlement of Canaan under Joshua’s leadership following Moses’ death.
D. Sefer ha-Ot
Sefer ha-Ot is a seminal mystical treatise by the 13th-century Kabbalist Abraham Abulafia, exploring prophetic Kabbalah through letter permutations and meditative techniques.
E. Book of Numbers
The Book of Numbers is a biblical text in the Hebrew Bible that recounts the Israelites’ wilderness wanderings and preparations to enter the Promised Land, combining narrative episodes with laws and censuses.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (43)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	book of Mishneh Torah ⓘ halakhic work ⓘ
author	Maimonides ⓘ Moses ben Maimon ⓘ linked to: Maimonides
canonicalStatus	authoritative halakhic source in many Jewish communities ⓘ
centralTheme	eschatological framework of Jewish law ⓘ organization of Jewish judicial authority ⓘ relationship between religious and political authority ⓘ
containsSection	Hilchot Edut ⓘ Hilchot Evel ⓘ Hilchot Mamrim ⓘ Hilchot Melachim uMilchamot ⓘ linked to: Mishneh Torah Hilchot Sanhedrin ⓘ linked to: Mishneh Torah
focusesOn	laws of courts ⓘ laws of judges ⓘ laws of kings ⓘ laws of the messianic era ⓘ laws of warfare ⓘ
genre	legal code ⓘ
geographicOrigin	Egypt ⓘ linked to: Pharaonic Egypt
hasAlternativeTransliteration	Sefer Shoftim (Book of Judges) in Mishneh Torah context ⓘ linked to: Sefer Shoftim
includedIn	standard printed editions of Mishneh Torah ⓘ
influenced	later halakhic codifiers ⓘ
language	Hebrew ⓘ
notToBeConfusedWith	biblical Book of Judges ⓘ linked to: Judges
partOf	Mishneh Torah ⓘ
positionInWork	final book of Mishneh Torah ⓘ
religiousLawSystem	halakha ⓘ
religiousTradition	Judaism ⓘ
subject	Jewish civil law ⓘ Jewish criminal law ⓘ authority of the Sanhedrin ⓘ criteria for the Messiah in Maimonides’ view ⓘ judicial procedure in halakha ⓘ laws of mourning ⓘ laws of obligatory wars ⓘ laws of optional wars ⓘ messianic kingship ⓘ monarchy in Jewish law ⓘ rebellious elders and dissent from rabbinic authority ⓘ rules of conduct for kings ⓘ testimony and witnesses in Jewish law ⓘ
timePeriodOfComposition	12th century ⓘ

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Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mishneh Torah → includesSection → Sefer Shoftim ⓘ

Sefer Shoftim → hasAlternativeTransliteration → Sefer Shoftim (Book of Judges) in Mishneh Torah context ⓘ

linked to: Sefer Shoftim

Hilchot Rotzeach uShemirat Nefesh → includedIn → Sefer Shoftim ⓘ

Hilchot Mamrim → workIn → Sefer Shoftim ⓘ

Hilchot Evel → locatedInWork → Sefer Shoftim ⓘ

Hilchot Edut → partOfSeries → Sefer Shoftim ⓘ

Hilchot Sanhedrin → locatedInWork → Sefer Shoftim of Mishneh Torah ⓘ