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)'}

30 rows where period_id = "PER_JM_MEDIEVAL"

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relationship_id ▼ subject_entity_id relationship_type object_entity_id confidence rationale source_id review_status period_id
1442 Sophia/Wisdom ENT_ISR_SOPHIA received_as Shekhinah ENT_JM_SHEKHINAH medium The Kabbalistic Shekhinah (divine indwelling/feminine presence, tenth sefirah in the Zohar) is the reception and elaboration of the Sophia/Wisdom tradition: Proverbs 8:30–31 presents Wisdom as beside God "like a master workman" and "delighting before him"; Sirach 24 has Wisdom dwell in Israel. The Zohar develops this into the Shekhinah as God's feminine presence that dwells with Israel in exile, weeps for Jerusalem, and is reunited with the masculine divine at the end of time. Scholem (Kabbalah, 1974) explicitly traces this from Sophia through Philo into Kabbalistic theology. Gershom Scholem, Kabbalah SRC_SCHOLEM_KABBALAH reviewed Jewish Mystical Medieval PER_JM_MEDIEVAL
1443 Shekhinah ENT_JM_SHEKHINAH reception_of Sophia/Wisdom ENT_ISR_SOPHIA medium Shekhinah as Kabbalistic reception and development of the Sophia/Wisdom tradition; feminine divine presence dwelling with humanity received from the personified Wisdom of Proverbs and Sirach. Gershom Scholem, Kabbalah SRC_SCHOLEM_KABBALAH reviewed Jewish Mystical Medieval PER_JM_MEDIEVAL
1444 Sophia/Wisdom ENT_ISR_SOPHIA received_as Hokhmah ENT_JM_HOKHMAH medium The Kabbalistic sefirah Hokhmah (Wisdom, second sefirah in the Tree of Life) is the direct reception of the Hebrew Sophia/Wisdom hypostasis into the Kabbalistic emanation system. Both are feminine personifications of divine wisdom that stand at the highest level of the accessible divine realm; both are described as the first emanation through which creation proceeds (Proverbs 8:22: "The LORD created me at the beginning of his work"). Scholem documents the continuity; the Zohar's treatment of Hokhmah explicitly echoes the Wisdom of Proverbs. Gershom Scholem, Kabbalah SRC_SCHOLEM_KABBALAH reviewed Jewish Mystical Medieval PER_JM_MEDIEVAL
1445 Hokhmah ENT_JM_HOKHMAH reception_of Sophia/Wisdom ENT_ISR_SOPHIA medium Hokhmah (Kabbalistic sefirah of Wisdom) as the reception of the Sophia/Wisdom hypostasis; the Hebrew personified Wisdom received into the Kabbalistic emanation system as the second sefirah. Gershom Scholem, Kabbalah SRC_SCHOLEM_KABBALAH reviewed Jewish Mystical Medieval PER_JM_MEDIEVAL
1446 Sophia ENT_GNO_SOPHIA received_as Shekhinah ENT_JM_SHEKHINAH medium The Gnostic Sophia (exiled aeon who falls from the Pleroma and must be redeemed) is structurally parallel to — and may have directly influenced — the Kabbalistic Shekhinah (divine presence that goes into exile with Israel and yearns for reunion with the masculine divine at the end of time). Both are feminine divine beings in a state of exile/fall who must be restored. Scholem (Origins of the Kabbalah) discusses the Gnostic Sophia's contribution to Kabbalistic conceptions of the Shekhinah; Idel notes the structural parallel while debating the direction of influence. Medium confidence: the parallel is documented; direct influence vs. parallel development remains debated. Gershom Scholem, Kabbalah SRC_SCHOLEM_KABBALAH reviewed Jewish Mystical Medieval PER_JM_MEDIEVAL
1447 Shekhinah ENT_JM_SHEKHINAH reception_of Sophia ENT_GNO_SOPHIA medium Shekhinah as possible reception of the Gnostic Sophia's exiled-feminine-divine structure; exile/fall and longing for restoration are shared narrative elements. Gershom Scholem, Kabbalah SRC_SCHOLEM_KABBALAH reviewed Jewish Mystical Medieval PER_JM_MEDIEVAL
1448 Athirat/Asherah ENT_CAN_ASHERAH received_as Shekhinah ENT_JM_SHEKHINAH low The most speculative chain in the feminine divine transmission: Raphael Patai (The Hebrew Goddess, 1967) argues that the suppressed Asherah (goddess-beside-El) resurfaces in the Kabbalistic Shekhinah, maintaining the goddess-beside-God structural position across two millennia of monotheistic sublimation. Scholem is more cautious. The chain Asherah → Sophia → Shekhinah (established via the prior Canaanite→Israelite reception script) is the full proposed transmission. Low confidence: the hypothesis is influential but unverifiable from primary texts alone. Gershom Scholem, Kabbalah SRC_SCHOLEM_KABBALAH reviewed Jewish Mystical Medieval PER_JM_MEDIEVAL
1449 Shekhinah ENT_JM_SHEKHINAH reception_of Athirat/Asherah ENT_CAN_ASHERAH low Shekhinah as the endpoint of the suppressed goddess-beside-God transmission: Asherah → Sophia → Shekhinah. Patai's hypothesis; contested; low confidence. Gershom Scholem, Kabbalah SRC_SCHOLEM_KABBALAH reviewed Jewish Mystical Medieval PER_JM_MEDIEVAL
2531 Keter ENT_JM_KETER emanates_from Ein Sof ENT_JM_EIN_SOF high Keter is the first emanation of the hidden Ein Sof. Gershom Scholem, Kabbalah SRC_SCHOLEM_KABBALAH reviewed Jewish Mystical Medieval PER_JM_MEDIEVAL
2532 Hokhmah ENT_JM_HOKHMAH emanates_from Keter ENT_JM_KETER high Hokhmah proceeds from Keter as the first active potency. Gershom Scholem, Kabbalah SRC_SCHOLEM_KABBALAH reviewed Jewish Mystical Medieval PER_JM_MEDIEVAL
2533 Binah ENT_JM_BINAH emanates_from Hokhmah ENT_JM_HOKHMAH high Binah receives and gives form to the flash of Hokhmah. Gershom Scholem, Kabbalah SRC_SCHOLEM_KABBALAH reviewed Jewish Mystical Medieval PER_JM_MEDIEVAL
2534 Chesed ENT_JM_CHESED emanates_from Binah ENT_JM_BINAH high Chesed proceeds from the supernal triad into the emotive Sefirot. Gershom Scholem, Kabbalah SRC_SCHOLEM_KABBALAH reviewed Jewish Mystical Medieval PER_JM_MEDIEVAL
2535 Gevurah ENT_JM_GEVURAH emanates_from Chesed ENT_JM_CHESED high Gevurah arises as the restraining counterpoise to Chesed. Gershom Scholem, Kabbalah SRC_SCHOLEM_KABBALAH reviewed Jewish Mystical Medieval PER_JM_MEDIEVAL
2536 Tiferet ENT_JM_TIFERET emanates_from Gevurah ENT_JM_GEVURAH high Tiferet harmonises Chesed and Gevurah at the centre of the tree. Gershom Scholem, Kabbalah SRC_SCHOLEM_KABBALAH reviewed Jewish Mystical Medieval PER_JM_MEDIEVAL
2537 Netzach ENT_JM_NETZACH emanates_from Tiferet ENT_JM_TIFERET high Netzach flows from Tiferet down the right pillar. Gershom Scholem, Kabbalah SRC_SCHOLEM_KABBALAH reviewed Jewish Mystical Medieval PER_JM_MEDIEVAL
2538 Hod ENT_JM_HOD emanates_from Netzach ENT_JM_NETZACH high Hod is paired with Netzach in the lower triad. Gershom Scholem, Kabbalah SRC_SCHOLEM_KABBALAH reviewed Jewish Mystical Medieval PER_JM_MEDIEVAL
2539 Yesod ENT_JM_YESOD emanates_from Hod ENT_JM_HOD high Yesod gathers the flow of the upper Sefirot. Gershom Scholem, Kabbalah SRC_SCHOLEM_KABBALAH reviewed Jewish Mystical Medieval PER_JM_MEDIEVAL
2540 Malkhut ENT_JM_MALKHUT emanates_from Yesod ENT_JM_YESOD high Malkhut receives the divine flow (shefa) through Yesod. Gershom Scholem, Kabbalah SRC_SCHOLEM_KABBALAH reviewed Jewish Mystical Medieval PER_JM_MEDIEVAL
2541 Sefirot ENT_JM_SEFIROT has_member Chesed ENT_JM_CHESED high Chesed is the fourth of the ten Sefirot. Zohar SRC_ZOHAR reviewed Jewish Mystical Medieval PER_JM_MEDIEVAL
2542 Sefirot ENT_JM_SEFIROT has_member Gevurah ENT_JM_GEVURAH high Gevurah is the fifth of the ten Sefirot. Zohar SRC_ZOHAR reviewed Jewish Mystical Medieval PER_JM_MEDIEVAL
2543 Sefirot ENT_JM_SEFIROT has_member Tiferet ENT_JM_TIFERET high Tiferet is the sixth of the ten Sefirot. Zohar SRC_ZOHAR reviewed Jewish Mystical Medieval PER_JM_MEDIEVAL
2544 Sefirot ENT_JM_SEFIROT has_member Netzach ENT_JM_NETZACH high Netzach is the seventh of the ten Sefirot. Zohar SRC_ZOHAR reviewed Jewish Mystical Medieval PER_JM_MEDIEVAL
2545 Sefirot ENT_JM_SEFIROT has_member Hod ENT_JM_HOD high Hod is the eighth of the ten Sefirot. Zohar SRC_ZOHAR reviewed Jewish Mystical Medieval PER_JM_MEDIEVAL
2546 Sefirot ENT_JM_SEFIROT has_member Yesod ENT_JM_YESOD high Yesod is the ninth of the ten Sefirot. Zohar SRC_ZOHAR reviewed Jewish Mystical Medieval PER_JM_MEDIEVAL
2547 Sefirot ENT_JM_SEFIROT has_member Malkhut ENT_JM_MALKHUT high Malkhut is the tenth of the ten Sefirot. Zohar SRC_ZOHAR reviewed Jewish Mystical Medieval PER_JM_MEDIEVAL
2548 Chesed ENT_JM_CHESED embodies Love ENT_LOVE high Chesed is divine loving-kindness. Gershom Scholem, Kabbalah SRC_SCHOLEM_KABBALAH reviewed Jewish Mystical Medieval PER_JM_MEDIEVAL
2549 Gevurah ENT_JM_GEVURAH embodies Judgment ENT_JUDGMENT high Gevurah (Din) is the Sefirah of divine judgment. Gershom Scholem, Kabbalah SRC_SCHOLEM_KABBALAH reviewed Jewish Mystical Medieval PER_JM_MEDIEVAL
2550 Tiferet ENT_JM_TIFERET embodies Beauty ENT_BEAUTY high Tiferet is the Sefirah of beauty and harmony. Gershom Scholem, Kabbalah SRC_SCHOLEM_KABBALAH reviewed Jewish Mystical Medieval PER_JM_MEDIEVAL
2551 Malkhut ENT_JM_MALKHUT embodies Sovereignty ENT_SOVEREIGNTY high Malkhut is the Sefirah of kingship and divine sovereignty. Gershom Scholem, Kabbalah SRC_SCHOLEM_KABBALAH reviewed Jewish Mystical Medieval PER_JM_MEDIEVAL
2552 Malkhut ENT_JM_MALKHUT identified_with Shekhinah ENT_JM_SHEKHINAH high In Kabbalah, the tenth Sefirah Malkhut is identified with the Shekhinah, the indwelling presence. Gershom Scholem, Kabbalah SRC_SCHOLEM_KABBALAH reviewed Jewish Mystical Medieval PER_JM_MEDIEVAL

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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]);