Johann Jakob Wettstein
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Johann Jakob Wettstein was an 18th-century Swiss theologian and pioneering New Testament textual critic known for his influential work on cataloguing and analyzing biblical manuscripts.
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| Johann Jakob Wettstein canonical | 4 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Johann Jakob Wettstein Context triple: [Codex Ephraemi Rescriptus, cataloguedBy, Johann Jakob Wettstein]
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A.
Johann Josef Zumstein
Johann Josef Zumstein was a 19th-century Swiss mountaineer and cartographer known for his pioneering ascents in the Pennine Alps.
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B.
Johann Georg Hiedler
Johann Georg Hiedler was a 19th-century Austrian miller who is widely considered, though not definitively proven, to be the paternal grandfather of Adolf Hitler.
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C.
Johann Rudolf Suter
Johann Rudolf Suter was a Swiss physician and naturalist known for his contributions to early 19th-century medical and botanical studies.
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D.
Johann Baptist Weiss
Johann Baptist Weiss was an 18th-century musician and teacher known primarily as an early instructor of the renowned Austrian composer and theorist Johann Georg Albrechtsberger.
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E.
Johann Conrad Dannhauer
Johann Conrad Dannhauer was a prominent 17th-century German Lutheran theologian and professor known for his influential role in shaping and defending Lutheran orthodoxy.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Johann Jakob Wettstein Target entity description: Johann Jakob Wettstein was an 18th-century Swiss theologian and pioneering New Testament textual critic known for his influential work on cataloguing and analyzing biblical manuscripts.
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A.
Johann Josef Zumstein
Johann Josef Zumstein was a 19th-century Swiss mountaineer and cartographer known for his pioneering ascents in the Pennine Alps.
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B.
Johann Georg Hiedler
Johann Georg Hiedler was a 19th-century Austrian miller who is widely considered, though not definitively proven, to be the paternal grandfather of Adolf Hitler.
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C.
Johann Rudolf Suter
Johann Rudolf Suter was a Swiss physician and naturalist known for his contributions to early 19th-century medical and botanical studies.
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D.
Johann Baptist Weiss
Johann Baptist Weiss was an 18th-century musician and teacher known primarily as an early instructor of the renowned Austrian composer and theorist Johann Georg Albrechtsberger.
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E.
Johann Conrad Dannhauer
Johann Conrad Dannhauer was a prominent 17th-century German Lutheran theologian and professor known for his influential role in shaping and defending Lutheran orthodoxy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (34)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
New Testament textual critic
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Swiss person ⓘ human ⓘ theologian ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline |
philology
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theology ⓘ |
| centuryOfActivity | 18th century ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Switzerland ⓘ |
| educatedAt | University of Basel ⓘ |
| familyName | Wettstein ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
New Testament studies
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linked to:
New Testament scholarship
biblical studies ⓘ textual criticism ⓘ |
| genre |
biblical commentary
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critical edition ⓘ |
| givenName | Johann Jakob ⓘ |
| influenced | later New Testament textual critics ⓘ |
| knownFor |
cataloguing New Testament manuscripts
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critical apparatus to the Greek New Testament ⓘ developing a system of manuscript sigla for the New Testament ⓘ pioneering New Testament textual criticism ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
German
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Latin ⓘ |
| movement | Reformed theology ⓘ |
| name | Johann Jakob Wettstein ⓘ |
| notableIdea |
systematic comparison of New Testament manuscript variants
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use of patristic citations in textual criticism ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Novum Testamentum Graecum
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linked to:
Nestle-Aland Novum Testamentum Graece
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| occupation |
textual critic
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theologian ⓘ |
| placeOfOrigin |
Basel
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linked to:
Basel-Stadt
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| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| workFocusesOn |
Greek New Testament
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linked to:
Koine Greek New Testament
biblical manuscripts ⓘ |
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