Annotationes maiores in Novum Testamentum

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New Testament commentary biblical commentary exegetical work theological work

Annotationes maiores in Novum Testamentum is a major scholarly commentary on the New Testament by Reformation theologian Theodore Beza, offering extensive exegetical and textual notes.

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Label	Occurrences
Annotationes in Novum Testamentum	1
Annotationes maiores in Novum Testamentum canonical	1
Beza’s Greek New Testament editions	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T522745 — 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: Annotationes maiores in Novum Testamentum
Context triple: [Theodore Beza, notableWork, Annotationes maiores in Novum Testamentum]

A. Studies in the Scriptures
Studies in the Scriptures is a multi-volume biblical commentary series by Charles Taze Russell that served as the foundational doctrinal text for the early Bible Student movement.
B. Commentary on the Epistles of Paul
Commentary on the Epistles of Paul is a biblical exegesis traditionally attributed to the early Christian theologian Pelagius, offering one of the earliest Latin commentaries on Paul’s letters and reflecting the theological debates of late antiquity.
C. Commentaries on the Bible
Commentaries on the Bible is John Calvin’s extensive series of exegetical works offering detailed Reformed theological interpretation of nearly every book of Scripture.
D. United Bible Societies Greek New Testament
The United Bible Societies Greek New Testament is a critically edited scholarly edition of the Greek New Testament widely used as a standard base text for modern Bible translations and academic study.
E. Nestle-Aland Novum Testamentum Graece
Nestle-Aland Novum Testamentum Graece is a critically edited scholarly edition of the Greek New Testament widely used as a standard reference in biblical studies and modern Bible translations.
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: Annotationes maiores in Novum Testamentum
Target entity description: Annotationes maiores in Novum Testamentum is a major scholarly commentary on the New Testament by Reformation theologian Theodore Beza, offering extensive exegetical and textual notes.

A. Studies in the Scriptures
Studies in the Scriptures is a multi-volume biblical commentary series by Charles Taze Russell that served as the foundational doctrinal text for the early Bible Student movement.
B. Commentary on the Epistles of Paul
Commentary on the Epistles of Paul is a biblical exegesis traditionally attributed to the early Christian theologian Pelagius, offering one of the earliest Latin commentaries on Paul’s letters and reflecting the theological debates of late antiquity.
C. Commentaries on the Bible
Commentaries on the Bible is John Calvin’s extensive series of exegetical works offering detailed Reformed theological interpretation of nearly every book of Scripture.
D. United Bible Societies Greek New Testament
The United Bible Societies Greek New Testament is a critically edited scholarly edition of the Greek New Testament widely used as a standard base text for modern Bible translations and academic study.
E. Nestle-Aland Novum Testamentum Graece
Nestle-Aland Novum Testamentum Graece is a critically edited scholarly edition of the Greek New Testament widely used as a standard reference in biblical studies and modern Bible translations.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (43)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	New Testament commentary ⓘ biblical commentary ⓘ exegetical work ⓘ theological work ⓘ
aimsTo	clarify the sense of the New Testament text ⓘ defend Reformed doctrinal positions ⓘ
associatedWith	Calvinist scholarship ⓘ Genevan Reformation ⓘ linked to: Swiss Reformation
author	Theodore Beza ⓘ Théodore de Bèze ⓘ linked to: Theodore Beza
contains	doctrinal clarifications ⓘ interpretive notes on Greek text ⓘ philological observations ⓘ text-critical remarks ⓘ
discipline	Christian theology ⓘ historical theology ⓘ textual criticism of the New Testament ⓘ
employs	comparison of Greek manuscripts ⓘ humanist philological methods ⓘ
field	New Testament studies ⓘ linked to: New Testament scholarship Reformation studies ⓘ biblical studies ⓘ
focusesOn	Reformation-era interpretation of the New Testament ⓘ biblical exegesis ⓘ textual criticism ⓘ
genre	scholarly commentary ⓘ
historicalContext	16th-century Protestant Reformation ⓘ
influenced	later Protestant New Testament commentaries ⓘ
intendedAudience	advanced students of theology ⓘ clergy ⓘ scholars ⓘ
language	Latin ⓘ
period	Reformation ⓘ
provides	exegetical notes ⓘ textual notes ⓘ
relatedTo	Beza’s Greek New Testament editions ⓘ linked to: Annotationes maiores in Novum Testamentum Reformation-era Latin New Testament commentaries ⓘ
religiousTradition	Protestantism ⓘ
subject	New Testament ⓘ
theologicalTradition	Reformed theology ⓘ
typeOfCommentary	verse-by-verse commentary ⓘ
usedIn	Protestant biblical scholarship ⓘ
workOf	Theodore Beza ⓘ

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

Theodore Beza → notableWork → Annotationes maiores in Novum Testamentum ⓘ

Lorenzo Valla → notableWork → Annotationes in Novum Testamentum ⓘ

linked to: Annotationes maiores in Novum Testamentum

Annotationes maiores in Novum Testamentum → relatedTo → Beza’s Greek New Testament editions ⓘ