September Testament
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September Testament is Martin Luther’s groundbreaking 1522 German translation of the New Testament, which played a key role in the Protestant Reformation and the development of the modern German language.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| December Testament | 1 |
| September Testament canonical | 1 |
| the September Testament | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T331691 — 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: September Testament Context triple: [Luther Bible, hasEdition, September Testament]
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A.
Last Gospel
The Last Gospel is a traditional reading of the prologue of the Gospel of John that concludes the celebration of the Tridentine Mass in the Roman Catholic liturgy.
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B.
The Testaments
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C.
A Call from Heaven
"A Call from Heaven" is a 17th-century religious work by Puritan minister Increase Mather that exhorts readers to piety and spiritual preparation for death and the afterlife.
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D.
The Trial of God
The Trial of God is a play by Elie Wiesel that dramatizes a mock trial of God in a Jewish village devastated by a pogrom, exploring faith, suffering, and divine justice in the shadow of the Holocaust.
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E.
After the Fall
After the Fall is a semi-autobiographical play by Arthur Miller that explores themes of guilt, memory, and personal responsibility, widely seen as reflecting his relationship with Marilyn Monroe and the era of McCarthyism.
- 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: September Testament Target entity description: September Testament is Martin Luther’s groundbreaking 1522 German translation of the New Testament, which played a key role in the Protestant Reformation and the development of the modern German language.
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A.
Last Gospel
The Last Gospel is a traditional reading of the prologue of the Gospel of John that concludes the celebration of the Tridentine Mass in the Roman Catholic liturgy.
-
B.
The Testaments
The Testaments is Margaret Atwood’s dystopian novel that serves as a sequel to The Handmaid’s Tale, expanding and concluding the story of the totalitarian regime of Gilead.
-
C.
A Call from Heaven
"A Call from Heaven" is a 17th-century religious work by Puritan minister Increase Mather that exhorts readers to piety and spiritual preparation for death and the afterlife.
-
D.
The Trial of God
The Trial of God is a play by Elie Wiesel that dramatizes a mock trial of God in a Jewish village devastated by a pogrom, exploring faith, suffering, and divine justice in the shadow of the Holocaust.
-
E.
After the Fall
After the Fall is a semi-autobiographical play by Arthur Miller that explores themes of guilt, memory, and personal responsibility, widely seen as reflecting his relationship with Marilyn Monroe and the era of McCarthyism.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Bible translation
ⓘ
New Testament translation ⓘ Reformation-era publication ⓘ |
| aim | to make the New Testament accessible in vernacular German ⓘ |
| alternateName |
Luther’s 1522 New Testament
ⓘ
linked to:
Luther Bible
|
| author | Martin Luther ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Erasmus’s Greek New Testament editions
ⓘ
Greek New Testament ⓘ
linked to:
Nestle-Aland Novum Testamentum Graece
|
| century | 16th century ⓘ |
| circulation | widespread in German-speaking lands ⓘ |
| containsPrefaceBy | Martin Luther ⓘ |
| countryOfPublication | Electorate of Saxony ⓘ |
| editor | Martin Luther ⓘ |
| followedBy |
Luther’s complete German Bible of 1534
ⓘ
linked to:
Luther Bible
|
| genre |
Bible
ⓘ
religious text ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn |
German language standardization
ⓘ
German literature ⓘ German religious practice ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Acts of the Apostles
ⓘ
Book of Revelation ⓘ General Epistles ⓘ
linked to:
Catholic Epistles
Gospels ⓘ Pauline Epistles ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
helped standardize Early New High German
ⓘ
strengthened lay access to scripture ⓘ |
| influenced | Luther Bible ⓘ |
| language | German ⓘ |
| medium | printed book ⓘ |
| movement |
Protestant Reformation
ⓘ
linked to:
Reformation
|
| notableFor |
influence on the development of modern German
ⓘ
vernacularization of the Bible in German ⓘ wide dissemination of Reformation ideas ⓘ |
| originalAudience |
German-speaking clergy
ⓘ
German-speaking laity ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Koine Greek ⓘ |
| placeOfPublication | Wittenberg ⓘ |
| printingTechnique | letterpress printing ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1522 ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1522 ⓘ |
| publisher | Melchior Lotter the Younger ⓘ |
| religiousContext |
Lutheran Reformation in the Holy Roman Empire
ⓘ
linked to:
Lutheran Reformation
|
| religiousTradition |
Protestantism
ⓘ
linked to:
Protestant Christianity
|
| script | Gothic type ⓘ |
| subject | New Testament ⓘ |
| theologicalPerspective |
Lutheran
ⓘ
linked to:
Lutheranism
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| titleLanguage | German ⓘ |
| translator | Martin Luther ⓘ |
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Subject: September Testament Description of subject: September Testament is Martin Luther’s groundbreaking 1522 German translation of the New Testament, which played a key role in the Protestant Reformation and the development of the modern German language.
Referenced by (3)
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