Relationships

2,079 typed, source-backed relationships between entities. Each row records a directed relationship (subject → type → object) with a justifying source and rationale note. See relationship_types for the full controlled vocabulary of 70 relationship types. Key types: reception_of / received_as (transmission across traditions), equated_with (interpretatio graeca / analogues), parent_of (genealogy), member_of (collective membership), emanates_from (Gnostic/Neoplatonic structure).

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subject_entity_id
{'description': 'The entity initiating or holding the relationship'}
relationship_type
{'description': 'Typed relationship from the controlled vocabulary (see relationship_types table)'}
object_entity_id
{'description': 'The entity receiving or targeted by the relationship'}
confidence
{'description': 'high / medium / low / speculative'}
rationale
{'description': 'Scholarly justification for the relationship, with source citations'}
source_id
{'description': 'Primary source justifying this relationship'}
period_id
{'description': 'Historical period in which this relationship is attested (null = all periods)'}

11 rows where object_entity_id = "ENT_SYR_FATHERS"

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relationship_id ▼ subject_entity_id relationship_type object_entity_id confidence rationale source_id review_status period_id
7055 Ephrem the Syrian ENT_SYR_EPHREM member_of Syriac Fathers and Doctors (collective) ENT_SYR_FATHERS high Ephrem is the paradigmatic Syriac Father, the central figure of Brock's study of the tradition. Sebastian Brock, The Luminous Eye: The Spiritual World Vision of Saint Ephrem the Syrian (Cistercian Publications, 1992) SRC_BROCK_LUMINOUS_EYE reviewed  
7056 Aphrahat the Persian Sage ENT_SYR_APHRAHAT member_of Syriac Fathers and Doctors (collective) ENT_SYR_FATHERS high Aphrahat, the Persian Sage, is the earliest of the Syriac Fathers grouped in the collective. Wilhelm Baum & Dietmar W. Winkler, The Church of the East: A Concise History (Routledge, 2003) SRC_BAUM_WINKLER_COTE reviewed  
7057 Isaac of Nineveh (Isaac the Syrian) ENT_SYR_ISAAC_NINEVEH member_of Syriac Fathers and Doctors (collective) ENT_SYR_FATHERS high Isaac of Nineveh is a principal East Syriac monastic Father. Wilhelm Baum & Dietmar W. Winkler, The Church of the East: A Concise History (Routledge, 2003) SRC_BAUM_WINKLER_COTE reviewed  
7058 Jacob of Serugh ENT_SYR_JACOB_SERUGH member_of Syriac Fathers and Doctors (collective) ENT_SYR_FATHERS high Jacob of Serugh is a leading West Syriac poet-Father. Sebastian Brock, The Luminous Eye: The Spiritual World Vision of Saint Ephrem the Syrian (Cistercian Publications, 1992) SRC_BROCK_LUMINOUS_EYE reviewed  
7059 Narsai ENT_SYR_NARSAI member_of Syriac Fathers and Doctors (collective) ENT_SYR_FATHERS high Narsai is the chief poet-theologian of the East Syriac Fathers. Wilhelm Baum & Dietmar W. Winkler, The Church of the East: A Concise History (Routledge, 2003) SRC_BAUM_WINKLER_COTE reviewed  
7060 Babai the Great ENT_SYR_BABAI member_of Syriac Fathers and Doctors (collective) ENT_SYR_FATHERS high Babai the Great is a foundational East Syriac systematic theologian. Wilhelm Baum & Dietmar W. Winkler, The Church of the East: A Concise History (Routledge, 2003) SRC_BAUM_WINKLER_COTE reviewed  
7061 Bar Hebraeus (Gregory Abu al-Faraj) ENT_SYR_BAR_HEBRAEUS member_of Syriac Fathers and Doctors (collective) ENT_SYR_FATHERS high Bar Hebraeus is the last great classical Syriac Father and polymath. Wilhelm Baum & Dietmar W. Winkler, The Church of the East: A Concise History (Routledge, 2003) SRC_BAUM_WINKLER_COTE reviewed  
7062 John of Ephesus ENT_SYR_JOHN_EPHESUS member_of Syriac Fathers and Doctors (collective) ENT_SYR_FATHERS high John of Ephesus, West Syriac historian-bishop, belongs to the Syriac Fathers. Wilhelm Baum & Dietmar W. Winkler, The Church of the East: A Concise History (Routledge, 2003) SRC_BAUM_WINKLER_COTE reviewed  
7063 Philoxenus of Mabbug ENT_SYR_PHILOXENUS member_of Syriac Fathers and Doctors (collective) ENT_SYR_FATHERS high Philoxenus of Mabbug is a major Miaphysite Syriac Father. Wilhelm Baum & Dietmar W. Winkler, The Church of the East: A Concise History (Routledge, 2003) SRC_BAUM_WINKLER_COTE reviewed  
7064 Bardaisan of Edessa ENT_SYR_BARDAISAN member_of Syriac Fathers and Doctors (collective) ENT_SYR_FATHERS medium Bardaisan is an early Edessene Syriac thinker counted among the tradition's foundational (if later contested) figures. Sebastian Brock, The Luminous Eye: The Spiritual World Vision of Saint Ephrem the Syrian (Cistercian Publications, 1992) SRC_BROCK_LUMINOUS_EYE reviewed  
7065 Addai (Thaddeus of Edessa) ENT_SYR_ADDAI member_of Syriac Fathers and Doctors (collective) ENT_SYR_FATHERS medium Addai is the traditional apostolic founder placed at the head of the Syriac line. Wilhelm Baum & Dietmar W. Winkler, The Church of the East: A Concise History (Routledge, 2003) SRC_BAUM_WINKLER_COTE reviewed  

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CREATE TABLE "entity_relationships" (
   [relationship_id] INTEGER PRIMARY KEY,
   [subject_entity_id] TEXT REFERENCES [entities]([entity_id]),
   [relationship_type] TEXT REFERENCES [relationship_types]([relationship_type]),
   [object_entity_id] TEXT REFERENCES [entities]([entity_id]),
   [confidence] TEXT,
   [rationale] TEXT,
   [source_id] TEXT REFERENCES [sources]([source_id]),
   [review_status] TEXT,
   [period_id] TEXT REFERENCES [periods]([period_id])
);
CREATE INDEX [idx_entity_relationships_period_id]
    ON [entity_relationships] ([period_id]);
CREATE INDEX [idx_entity_relationships_source_id]
    ON [entity_relationships] ([source_id]);
CREATE INDEX [idx_entity_relationships_object_entity_id]
    ON [entity_relationships] ([object_entity_id]);
CREATE INDEX [idx_entity_relationships_relationship_type]
    ON [entity_relationships] ([relationship_type]);
CREATE INDEX [idx_entity_relationships_subject_entity_id]
    ON [entity_relationships] ([subject_entity_id]);