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Preprint . 2026
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License: CC BY
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Aion-BibleQA: Evaluating Retrieval and Citation Faithfulness in Verse-Grounded Bible RAG Systems

Authors: Abedini, Mohammad Raouf;

Aion-BibleQA: Evaluating Retrieval and Citation Faithfulness in Verse-Grounded Bible RAG Systems

Abstract

This paper introduces Aion-BibleQA, a 40-question pilot benchmark for evaluating retrieval coverage, citation faithfulness, and false-premise robustness in verse-grounded Bible retrieval-augmented generation systems. The work argues that standard retrieval metrics are not enough because a system may retrieve relevant scripture while still using citations incorrectly. Aion-BibleQA separates retrieval quality from citation support and evaluates a layered Bible RAG pipeline using Recall@5, MRR, LLM-judged citation_support, unsupported citation rate, and false-premise refusal rate. The study reports strong pilot results on gold_40 v0.3 and identifies remaining failures as retrieval-scope issues rather than decorative or unsupported citation use. Preprint version: v1.0

Keywords

Religious text analysis, Bible RAG, Verse-grounded QA, Natural language processing, Aion-BibleQA, Faithfulness evaluation, LLM-as-judge, Bible question answering, False-premise robustness, Retrieval-augmented generation, Retrieval evaluation, Citation faithfulness, Information retrieval, Benchmark dataset, Digital humanities

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