Joseph and His Brothers
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Joseph and His Brothers is a monumental four-part novel cycle by Thomas Mann that retells and elaborates the biblical story of Joseph with rich psychological, historical, and mythological detail.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Joseph and His Brothers canonical | 6 |
| Joseph und seine Brüder | 2 |
| Die Geschichten Jaakobs | 1 |
| Joseph in Egypt | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T335054 — 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: Joseph and His Brothers Context triple: [Thomas Mann, notableWork, Joseph and His Brothers]
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A.
Song of Moses
The Song of Moses is a biblical hymn in Deuteronomy that poetically recounts God's faithfulness and Israel's unfaithfulness, serving as a covenantal witness and warning to the people of Israel.
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B.
Twelve Tribes of Israel
The Twelve Tribes of Israel are the traditional divisions of the ancient Israelite people, each descended from one of the twelve sons of the biblical patriarch Jacob.
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C.
The Brothers
"The Brothers" is a 17th-century stage comedy by English playwright James Shirley, reflecting the manners and intrigues of Caroline-era London society.
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D.
Blessing of Moses
Blessing of Moses is a biblical poetic passage in which Moses delivers final prophetic blessings to the tribes of Israel before his death.
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E.
The Return of the Prodigal Son
The Return of the Prodigal Son is a late masterpiece by Rembrandt van Rijn depicting the biblical parable of forgiveness and reconciliation with profound emotional depth and dramatic use of light and shadow.
- 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: Joseph and His Brothers Target entity description: Joseph and His Brothers is a monumental four-part novel cycle by Thomas Mann that retells and elaborates the biblical story of Joseph with rich psychological, historical, and mythological detail.
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A.
Song of Moses
The Song of Moses is a biblical hymn in Deuteronomy that poetically recounts God's faithfulness and Israel's unfaithfulness, serving as a covenantal witness and warning to the people of Israel.
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B.
Twelve Tribes of Israel
The Twelve Tribes of Israel are the traditional divisions of the ancient Israelite people, each descended from one of the twelve sons of the biblical patriarch Jacob.
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C.
The Brothers
"The Brothers" is a 17th-century stage comedy by English playwright James Shirley, reflecting the manners and intrigues of Caroline-era London society.
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D.
Blessing of Moses
Blessing of Moses is a biblical poetic passage in which Moses delivers final prophetic blessings to the tribes of Israel before his death.
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E.
The Return of the Prodigal Son
The Return of the Prodigal Son is a late masterpiece by Rembrandt van Rijn depicting the biblical parable of forgiveness and reconciliation with profound emotional depth and dramatic use of light and shadow.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
novel cycle
ⓘ
tetralogy ⓘ work of fiction ⓘ |
| author | Thomas Mann ⓘ |
| basedOn | Biblical story of Joseph ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Germany ⓘ |
| creator | Thomas Mann ⓘ |
| explores |
development of individual consciousness
ⓘ
relationship between myth and monotheism ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Benjamin
ⓘ
Jacob ⓘ Judah ⓘ
linked to:
Judah son of Jacob
Leah ⓘ Pharaoh ⓘ Potiphar ⓘ Potiphar's wife ⓘ Rachel ⓘ |
| genre |
historical novel
ⓘ
modernist literature ⓘ mythological fiction ⓘ |
| hasBiblicalSource | Book of Genesis ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Joseph in Egypt
ⓘ
linked to:
Joseph and His Brothers
Joseph the Provider ⓘ The Stories of Jacob ⓘ
linked to:
Stories of Jacob
Young Joseph ⓘ |
| language | German ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Modernism ⓘ |
| literarySignificance |
important 20th-century German novel cycle
ⓘ
major work in Thomas Mann's oeuvre ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Joseph ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | prose ⓘ |
| notableFor |
elaborate narrative style
ⓘ
extensive mythological references ⓘ psychological depth ⓘ |
| numberOfParts | 4 ⓘ |
| originalTitle |
Joseph und seine Brüder
ⓘ
linked to:
Joseph and His Brothers
|
| publicationEndYear | 1943 ⓘ |
| publicationStartYear | 1933 ⓘ |
| publisher | S. Fischer Verlag ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | Ancient Near East ⓘ |
| setting |
Canaan
ⓘ
Egypt ⓘ |
| structure | four-volume narrative ⓘ |
| theme |
faith and doubt
ⓘ
family relationships ⓘ identity and destiny ⓘ interpretation of biblical tradition ⓘ myth and history ⓘ |
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Subject: Joseph and His Brothers Description of subject: Joseph and His Brothers is a monumental four-part novel cycle by Thomas Mann that retells and elaborates the biblical story of Joseph with rich psychological, historical, and mythological detail.
Referenced by (10)
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subject linked to:
Thomas Mann (father-in-law, former)