Letter of Jeremiah

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Old Testament apocryphal book biblical epistle deuterocanonical book pseudepigraphal work

The Letter of Jeremiah is a deuterocanonical epistle traditionally attributed to the prophet Jeremiah, warning against idolatry and included in the biblical canon of several Christian traditions.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Letter of Jeremiah canonical	7
Jeremiah 10	1
Letter of Jeremiah (Baruch 6 in some traditions)	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T207635 — 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: Letter of Jeremiah
Context triple: [Eastern Orthodox canon, includesBook, Letter of Jeremiah]

A. Book of Jeremiah
The Book of Jeremiah is a prophetic book of the Hebrew Bible that records the messages, warnings, and laments of the prophet Jeremiah concerning Judah’s impending judgment and eventual restoration.
B. Lamentations
Lamentations is a biblical book of poetic dirges traditionally attributed to the prophet Jeremiah, mourning the destruction of Jerusalem and expressing profound grief, repentance, and hope in God’s mercy.
C. Book of Ezekiel
The Book of Ezekiel is a prophetic book of the Hebrew Bible that records the visions and messages of the prophet Ezekiel, focusing on divine judgment, the fall and restoration of Israel, and vivid symbolic imagery.
D. Book of Jonah
The Book of Jonah is a short biblical narrative about the prophet Jonah, whose attempt to flee God's command leads to his being swallowed by a great fish and ultimately delivering a message of repentance to the city of Nineveh.
E. Book of Job
The Book of Job is a biblical text that explores human suffering, divine justice, and faith through the story of a righteous man tested by extreme adversity.
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: Letter of Jeremiah
Target entity description: The Letter of Jeremiah is a deuterocanonical epistle traditionally attributed to the prophet Jeremiah, warning against idolatry and included in the biblical canon of several Christian traditions.

A. Book of Jeremiah
The Book of Jeremiah is a prophetic book of the Hebrew Bible that records the messages, warnings, and laments of the prophet Jeremiah concerning Judah’s impending judgment and eventual restoration.
B. Lamentations
Lamentations is a biblical book of poetic dirges traditionally attributed to the prophet Jeremiah, mourning the destruction of Jerusalem and expressing profound grief, repentance, and hope in God’s mercy.
C. Book of Ezekiel
The Book of Ezekiel is a prophetic book of the Hebrew Bible that records the visions and messages of the prophet Ezekiel, focusing on divine judgment, the fall and restoration of Israel, and vivid symbolic imagery.
D. Book of Jonah
The Book of Jonah is a short biblical narrative about the prophet Jonah, whose attempt to flee God's command leads to his being swallowed by a great fish and ultimately delivering a message of repentance to the city of Nineveh.
E. Book of Job
The Book of Job is a biblical text that explores human suffering, divine justice, and faith through the story of a righteous man tested by extreme adversity.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Old Testament apocryphal book ⓘ biblical epistle ⓘ deuterocanonical book ⓘ pseudepigraphal work ⓘ
addressedTo	Judean exiles in Babylon ⓘ linked to: Babylonian exile
approximateVerseCount	73 ⓘ
attributedTo	prophet Jeremiah ⓘ linked to: Jeremiah
canonicalStatusInAssyrianChurchOfTheEast	deuterocanonical ⓘ
canonicalStatusInEasternOrthodoxChurch	deuterocanonical ⓘ
canonicalStatusInOrientalOrthodoxChurches	deuterocanonical ⓘ
canonicalStatusInProtestantChurches	apocryphal ⓘ
canonicalStatusInRabbinicJudaism	non-canonical ⓘ
canonicalStatusInRomanCatholicChurch	deuterocanonical ⓘ
chapterCount	1 ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo	Book of Baruch ⓘ Book of Jeremiah ⓘ
contentSummary	exhorts exiles not to fear or worship Babylonian idols ⓘ
dateOfComposition	likely between 4th and 2nd century BCE ⓘ
genre	didactic literature ⓘ epistle ⓘ
includedIn	Latin Bible tradition ⓘ Orthodox biblical canon ⓘ Roman Catholic biblical canon ⓘ Vulgate ⓘ
influencedBy	Isaiah 44 ⓘ linked to: Book of Isaiah Jeremiah 10 ⓘ linked to: Letter of Jeremiah Psalm 115 ⓘ Psalm 135 ⓘ
language	Koine Greek ⓘ
literaryForm	homiletic discourse ⓘ letter ⓘ
partOf	Book of Baruch ⓘ Greek Old Testament ⓘ linked to: Septuagint Septuagint ⓘ
primaryTheme	critique of pagan gods ⓘ warning against idolatry ⓘ
religiousTradition	Christianity ⓘ Judaism ⓘ
separateBookIn	Septuagint manuscripts ⓘ linked to: Septuagint Vulgate tradition ⓘ
setting	exile to Babylon ⓘ
survivesIn	Coptic manuscripts ⓘ Greek manuscripts ⓘ Old Latin manuscripts ⓘ Syriac manuscripts ⓘ
textualTradition	Greek-only composition ⓘ
topic	contrast between living God and dead idols ⓘ futility of idols made by human hands ⓘ
traditionalAuthor	Jeremiah ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (9)

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

Eastern Orthodox canon → includesBook → Letter of Jeremiah ⓘ

Apocrypha (in early editions) → containsWork → Letter of Jeremiah ⓘ

Baruch → closelyRelatedWork → Letter of Jeremiah ⓘ

Baruch → sometimesIncludes → Letter of Jeremiah ⓘ

Letter of Jeremiah → influencedBy → Jeremiah 10 ⓘ

linked to: Letter of Jeremiah

Deuterocanonical books → contains → Letter of Jeremiah ⓘ

Council of Carthage (397) → recognized → Letter of Jeremiah ⓘ

Book of Baruch → associatedWith → Letter of Jeremiah ⓘ

Book of Baruch → closelyRelatedText → Letter of Jeremiah (Baruch 6 in some traditions) ⓘ