entity_id,canonical_name,greek_name,tradition,entity_type,category,primary_domains,tags,cult_scope,primary_period,evidence_confidence,review_status,inclusion_basis,earth_association_score,chthonic_flag,serpent_flag,short_note,entity_class
ENT_ISR_AARON,Aaron,,Israelite/Second Temple,Priest,First high priest of Israel,the priesthood; spokesman of Moses; the golden calf,,regional,,A,candidate_verified_name,Mainstream Abrahamic scriptural figures (v1.70.0),0,0,0,"Brother of Moses and Miriam, spokesman before Pharaoh, and the first high priest of Israel.",sage
ENT_ISR_EZRA,Ezra,,Israelite/Second Temple,Priest,Priest-scribe of the restoration,the Torah; restoration of the law; communal reform,,regional,,A,candidate_verified_name,Mainstream Abrahamic scriptural figures (v1.70.0),0,0,0,Priest and scribe who led returning exiles and re-established the Torah in restored Jerusalem.,sage
ENT_STJ_AHIKAR,Ahikar,,Israelite/Second Temple,Sage,Deuterocanonical figure,"court wisdom, proverbs",,devotional,,C,candidate_verified_name,Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release),0,0,0,"Wise Assyrian-court counselor of the Ahikar legend, named as Tobit's nephew in the Book of Tobit (NRSV Apocrypha); his proverbs circulated widely in the ancient Near East.",sage
ENT_STJ_AKIVA,Akiva ben Joseph,,Israelite/Second Temple,Sage,Sage,"halakhah, Mishnah systematization, martyrdom",,devotional,,B,candidate_verified_name,Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release),0,0,0,"Pre-eminent early-2nd-c. CE Tannaitic sage who systematized halakhah, supported the Bar Kokhba revolt, and was martyred by Rome; foundational to the later Mishnah. Attested in rabbinic literature and Schäfer.",sage
ENT_STJ_ELEAZAR_MARTYR,Eleazar the Martyr,,Israelite/Second Temple,Sage,Deuterocanonical figure,"martyrdom, fidelity to the Law",,devotional,,B,candidate_verified_name,Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release),0,0,0,Aged scribe martyred under Antiochus IV for refusing to eat swine's flesh; exemplary martyr of 2 Maccabees 6 (NRSV Apocrypha). Distinct from Eleazar the Maccabee brother.,sage
ENT_STJ_HILLEL,Hillel the Elder,,Israelite/Second Temple,Sage,Sage,"halakhah, hermeneutics, lenient rulings",,devotional,,B,candidate_verified_name,Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release),0,0,0,"Foundational Tannaitic sage (late 1st c. BCE-early 1st c. CE), head of the lenient House of Hillel and formulator of the seven middot of interpretation; attested in the Mishnah and Schäfer.",sage
ENT_STJ_HONI,Honi the Circle-Drawer,,Israelite/Second Temple,Sage,Sage,"prayer for rain, charismatic piety",,devotional,,C,candidate_verified_name,Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release),0,0,0,"1st-c. BCE charismatic miracle-working sage who drew a circle and refused to leave until God sent rain (Mishnah Ta'anit 3:8; Josephus, Antiquities 14, as Onias).",sage
ENT_STJ_JOSEPHUS,Flavius Josephus,,Israelite/Second Temple,Sage,Historian,"history, apologetics",,devotional,,B,candidate_verified_name,Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release),0,0,0,"1st-c. CE Jewish historian (Yosef ben Matityahu), Pharisee and former rebel commander, author of The Jewish War and Antiquities of the Jews — the principal narrative source for Second Temple Judaism. Historical figure.",sage
ENT_STJ_JUDAH_HANASI,Judah ha-Nasi,,Israelite/Second Temple,Sage,Sage,"redaction of the Mishnah, patriarchate",,devotional,,B,candidate_verified_name,Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release),0,0,0,"Patriarch (Nasi) of c. 200 CE traditionally credited with the redaction of the Mishnah, closing the Tannaitic era; attested in rabbinic sources and Schäfer.",sage
ENT_STJ_PHILO,Philo of Alexandria,,Israelite/Second Temple,Sage,Philosopher,"allegorical exegesis, Hellenistic-Jewish philosophy",,devotional,,B,candidate_verified_name,Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release),0,0,0,1st-c. CE Hellenistic-Jewish philosopher and exegete of Alexandria who fused Torah with Platonism (the Logos doctrine); historical author of an extensive surviving corpus. Distinct from Philo of Byblos. Attested in his own works and Schäfer.,sage
ENT_STJ_SHAMMAI,Shammai,,Israelite/Second Temple,Sage,Sage,"halakhah, strict rulings",,devotional,,B,candidate_verified_name,Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release),0,0,0,"Contemporary and counterpart of Hillel, head of the stricter House of Shammai; the Hillel-Shammai disputes shape Tannaitic halakhah. Attested in the Mishnah and Schäfer.",sage
ENT_STJ_SIMEON_THE_JUST,Simeon the Just,,Israelite/Second Temple,Priest,Sage,"high priesthood, Torah transmission",,devotional,,C,candidate_verified_name,Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release),0,0,0,High priest remembered as one of the last of the Great Assembly; opening figure of Pirkei Avot ('the world stands on three things'). Conflated traditions (3rd or 2nd c. BCE) make identity uncertain. Attested in Mishnah Avot and Schäfer.,sage
ENT_STJ_TEACHER_OF_RIGHTEOUSNESS,The Teacher of Righteousness,,Israelite/Second Temple,Sage,Qumran figure,"Qumran community leadership, sectarian interpretation",,devotional,,C,candidate_verified_name,Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release),0,0,0,"Founding priestly leader and inspired interpreter of the Qumran (Dead Sea Scrolls) community, named in the pesharim and the Damascus Document; historical identity debated. Attested in the Scrolls and Schäfer.",sage
ENT_STJ_YOHANAN_BEN_ZAKKAI,Yohanan ben Zakkai,,Israelite/Second Temple,Sage,Sage,"Torah academy, post-Temple reconstruction",,devotional,,B,candidate_verified_name,Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release),0,0,0,"Leading 1st-c. CE sage who, per tradition, escaped besieged Jerusalem (70 CE) and founded the academy at Yavneh, reconstituting Judaism after the Temple's fall. Attested in rabbinic sources and Schäfer.",sage