Relationships
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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)'}
52 rows where relationship_type = "taught_by"
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| relationship_id ▼ | subject_entity_id | relationship_type | object_entity_id | confidence | rationale | source_id | review_status | period_id |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2760 | Zarathustra ENT_ZOR_ZARATHUSTRA | taught_by | Ahura Mazda ENT_ZOR_AHURA_MAZDA | high | Zarathushtra receives the revelation from Ahura Mazda (the Gathas). | Avesta SRC_AVESTA | reviewed | |
| 2939 | Thecla ENT_CHR_THECLA | taught_by | Paul ENT_SAINT_PAUL | high | Thecla is the disciple of Paul in the Acts of Paul and Thecla. | The Acts of Paul and Thecla, c. 2nd c. CE SRC_ACTS_PAUL_THECLA | reviewed | |
| 2941 | Hermes Trismegistus ENT_HER_TRISMEGISTUS | taught_by | Poimandres ENT_HER_POIMANDRES | high | Poimandres reveals the cosmogony and the way of ascent to Hermes (CH I). | Corpus Hermeticum SRC_CORPUS_HERMETICUM | reviewed | |
| 6044 | Sadr al-Din al-Qunawi ENT_SUF_QUNAWI | taught_by | Ibn al-Arabi ENT_SUF_IBN_ARABI | high | Stepson and chief disciple of Ibn al-Arabi. | Jami, Nafahat al-Uns (Breaths of Fellowship, 1478) SRC_JAMI_NAFAHAT | reviewed | |
| 6046 | Fakhr al-Din Iraqi ENT_SUF_IRAQI | taught_by | Sadr al-Din al-Qunawi ENT_SUF_QUNAWI | medium | Drew his Lama'at from Qunawi's expositions of Ibn al-Arabi. | Jami, Nafahat al-Uns (Breaths of Fellowship, 1478) SRC_JAMI_NAFAHAT | reviewed | |
| 6052 | Qutb al-Din Bakhtiar Kaki ENT_SUF_BAKHTIAR_KAKI | taught_by | Mu'in al-Din Chishti ENT_SUF_CHISHTI_MUIN | high | Foremost disciple and successor of Mu'in al-Din Chishti. | Annemarie Schimmel, Mystical Dimensions of Islam (University of North Carolina Press, 1975) SRC_SCHIMMEL_SUFISM | reviewed | |
| 6053 | Farid al-Din Ganj-i-Shakar ENT_SUF_BABA_FARID | taught_by | Qutb al-Din Bakhtiar Kaki ENT_SUF_BAKHTIAR_KAKI | high | Successor of Bakhtiar Kaki in the Delhi Chishti line. | Annemarie Schimmel, Mystical Dimensions of Islam (University of North Carolina Press, 1975) SRC_SCHIMMEL_SUFISM | reviewed | |
| 6054 | Nizam al-Din Awliya ENT_SUF_NIZAM_AWLIYA | taught_by | Farid al-Din Ganj-i-Shakar ENT_SUF_BABA_FARID | high | Khalifa and chief successor of Baba Farid. | Annemarie Schimmel, Mystical Dimensions of Islam (University of North Carolina Press, 1975) SRC_SCHIMMEL_SUFISM | reviewed | |
| 6055 | Amir Khusrow ENT_SUF_AMIR_KHUSROW | taught_by | Nizam al-Din Awliya ENT_SUF_NIZAM_AWLIYA | high | Devoted disciple of Nizam al-Din Awliya. | Annemarie Schimmel, Mystical Dimensions of Islam (University of North Carolina Press, 1975) SRC_SCHIMMEL_SUFISM | reviewed | |
| 6057 | Abd al-Rahman Jami ENT_SUF_JAMI | taught_by | Khwaja Ubayd Allah Ahrar ENT_SUF_KHWAJA_AHRAR | medium | Affiliated to the Naqshbandiyya through Khwaja Ahrar. | Jami, Nafahat al-Uns (Breaths of Fellowship, 1478) SRC_JAMI_NAFAHAT | reviewed | |
| 6063 | Nur al-Din Nurani ENT_SUF_NURI | taught_by | Lal Ded ENT_SUF_LAL_DED | low | Kashmiri tradition links Nund Rishi's path to the example of Lal Ded. | Annemarie Schimmel, Mystical Dimensions of Islam (University of North Carolina Press, 1975) SRC_SCHIMMEL_SUFISM | reviewed | |
| 6095 | Thomas Aquinas ENT_LMW_AQUINAS | taught_by | Albertus Magnus ENT_LMW_ALBERTUS_MAGNUS | high | Aquinas studied under Albertus Magnus at Cologne and Paris. | David Hugh Farmer, The Oxford Dictionary of Saints (Oxford University Press, 5th ed. 2011) SRC_FARMER_SAINTS | reviewed | |
| 6139 | Jane Frances de Chantal ENT_EMC_JANE_CHANTAL | taught_by | Francis de Sales ENT_EMC_FRANCIS_DE_SALES | high | Jane Frances de Chantal was the spiritual disciple of Francis de Sales, her director. | Butler’s Lives of the Saints SRC_BUTLER_SAINTS | reviewed | |
| 6140 | Francis Xavier ENT_EMC_FRANCIS_XAVIER | taught_by | Ignatius of Loyola ENT_EMC_IGNATIUS_LOYOLA | high | Francis Xavier was formed by Ignatius of Loyola and made the Spiritual Exercises under him. | Butler’s Lives of the Saints SRC_BUTLER_SAINTS | reviewed | |
| 6141 | Peter Faber ENT_EMC_PETER_FABER | taught_by | Ignatius of Loyola ENT_EMC_IGNATIUS_LOYOLA | high | Peter Faber was a first companion formed by Ignatius of Loyola. | Butler’s Lives of the Saints SRC_BUTLER_SAINTS | reviewed | |
| 6174 | Francis Borgia ENT_EMC_FRANCIS_BORGIA | taught_by | Peter Faber ENT_EMC_PETER_FABER | low | Francis Borgia was drawn into the Jesuits after making the Spiritual Exercises under Peter Faber. | Butler’s Lives of the Saints SRC_BUTLER_SAINTS | reviewed | |
| 6181 | Isaac Luria (the Ari) ENT_JM_LURIA | taught_by | Moses Cordovero (Ramak) ENT_JM_CORDOVERO | medium | Luria briefly studied with Cordovero in Safed; his system built upon and superseded Cordovero's. | Hayyim Vital, Etz Chaim (the Tree of Life — Luria's teachings, c. 1573) SRC_VITAL_ETZ_CHAIM | reviewed | |
| 6182 | Hayyim Vital ENT_JM_VITAL | taught_by | Isaac Luria (the Ari) ENT_JM_LURIA | high | Vital was Luria's foremost disciple and the recorder of his teachings. | Hayyim Vital, Etz Chaim (the Tree of Life — Luria's teachings, c. 1573) SRC_VITAL_ETZ_CHAIM | reviewed | |
| 6183 | Hayyim Vital ENT_JM_VITAL | taught_by | Moses Cordovero (Ramak) ENT_JM_CORDOVERO | high | Vital first studied Cordoverian Kabbalah before becoming Luria's disciple. | Hayyim Vital, Etz Chaim (the Tree of Life — Luria's teachings, c. 1573) SRC_VITAL_ETZ_CHAIM | reviewed | |
| 6184 | Moses Cordovero (Ramak) ENT_JM_CORDOVERO | taught_by | Solomon Alkabetz ENT_JM_ALKABETZ | high | Alkabetz was Cordovero's teacher and brother-in-law. | Gershom Scholem, Kabbalah SRC_SCHOLEM_KABBALAH | reviewed | |
| 6216 | Dov Ber of Mezeritch (the Maggid) ENT_JM_DOV_BER | taught_by | Baal Shem Tov (Israel ben Eliezer) ENT_JM_BESHT | high | Dov Ber was the chief disciple of the Baal Shem Tov. | Shivhei ha-Besht (In Praise of the Baal Shem Tov, 1814) SRC_SHIVHEI_BESHT | reviewed | |
| 6217 | Jacob Joseph of Polonne ENT_JM_JACOB_JOSEPH | taught_by | Baal Shem Tov (Israel ben Eliezer) ENT_JM_BESHT | high | Jacob Joseph was a direct disciple of the Baal Shem Tov. | Shivhei ha-Besht (In Praise of the Baal Shem Tov, 1814) SRC_SHIVHEI_BESHT | reviewed | |
| 6218 | Schneur Zalman of Liadi ENT_JM_SCHNEUR_ZALMAN | taught_by | Dov Ber of Mezeritch (the Maggid) ENT_JM_DOV_BER | high | Schneur Zalman was a disciple of Dov Ber, the Maggid. | Gershom Scholem, Kabbalah SRC_SCHOLEM_KABBALAH | reviewed | |
| 6219 | Levi Yitzhak of Berditchev ENT_JM_LEVI_YITZHAK | taught_by | Dov Ber of Mezeritch (the Maggid) ENT_JM_DOV_BER | high | Levi Yitzhak of Berditchev was a disciple of Dov Ber. | Gershom Scholem, Kabbalah SRC_SCHOLEM_KABBALAH | reviewed | |
| 6220 | Elimelech of Lizhensk ENT_JM_ELIMELECH | taught_by | Dov Ber of Mezeritch (the Maggid) ENT_JM_DOV_BER | high | Elimelech of Lizhensk was a disciple of Dov Ber. | Gershom Scholem, Kabbalah SRC_SCHOLEM_KABBALAH | reviewed | |
| 6226 | Chayyim of Volozhin ENT_JM_CHAYYIM_VOLOZHIN | taught_by | Elijah of Vilna (the Vilna Gaon) ENT_JM_VILNA_GAON | high | Chayyim of Volozhin was the foremost disciple of the Vilna Gaon. | Gershom Scholem, Kabbalah SRC_SCHOLEM_KABBALAH | reviewed | |
| 6241 | Ali Harazim al-Barada ENT_SUF_GAZARGAHI_HARAZIM | taught_by | Ahmad al-Tijani ENT_SUF_TIJANI | high | Harazim received the teaching directly from Ahmad al-Tijani, recording it in the Jawahir al-Ma'ani. | Ali Harazim, Jawahir al-Ma'ani (the foundational compendium of Ahmad al-Tijani's teaching, early 19th c.) SRC_TIJANI_JAWAHIR | reviewed | |
| 6316 | Sophrony of Essex ENT_ORTH_SOPHRONY_ESSEX | taught_by | Silouan the Athonite ENT_ORTH_SILOUAN_ATHONITE | high | Sophrony was the personal disciple and biographer of Silouan the Athonite, whose teaching he transmitted. | The Philokalia (anthology of the hesychast Fathers), comp. 1782 SRC_PHILOKALIA | reviewed | |
| 6344 | Justin Popovic ENT_ORTH_JUSTIN_POPOVIC | taught_by | Nikolai Velimirovic ENT_ORTH_NIKOLAI_VELIMIROVIC | medium | Justin Popovic was a younger associate and spiritual heir of Nikolai Velimirovic within the Serbian Orthodox revival. | The Synaxarion (the Lives of the Saints of the Orthodox Church) SRC_SYNAXARION | reviewed | |
| 6346 | Muhammad ibn Ali al-Sanusi ENT_SUF_SANUSI | taught_by | Ahmad ibn Idris ENT_SUF_IBN_IDRIS | high | Al-Sanusi was a leading disciple of Ahmad ibn Idris before founding the Sanusiyya. | Annemarie Schimmel, Mystical Dimensions of Islam (University of North Carolina Press, 1975) SRC_SCHIMMEL_SUFISM | reviewed | |
| 6365 | Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan ENT_SUF_PIR_VILAYAT | taught_by | Hazrat Inayat Khan ENT_SUF_INAYAT_KHAN | high | Pir Vilayat was the son and designated successor of Hazrat Inayat Khan. | Hazrat Inayat Khan, The Sufi Message (collected teachings, Western Sufi Order) SRC_INAYAT_KHAN_MESSAGE | reviewed | |
| 6587 | al-Husayn ibn Hamdan al-Khasibi ENT_ALW_KHASIBI | taught_by | Ibn Nusayr al-Namiri ENT_ALW_IBN_NUSAYR | medium | Al-Khasibi stands in the doctrinal lineage descending from Ibn Nusayr, whose teaching he systematized and organized (Friedman 2010). | Yaron Friedman, The Nusayri-Alawis: An Introduction to the Religion, History and Identity of the Leading Minority in Syria (Islamic History and Civilization 77; Leiden: Brill, 2010) SRC_FRIEDMAN_NUSAYRI | reviewed | |
| 6974 | Quddús (Mullá Muhammad-Alí Bárfurúshí) ENT_BAH_QUDDUS | taught_by | The Báb (Siyyid Alí-Muhammad Shírází) ENT_BAH_BAB | high | Quddús was a leading disciple of the Báb. | Shoghi Effendi, God Passes By (Bahá'í Publishing Trust, 1944) SRC_SHOGHI_GPB | reviewed | |
| 6975 | Táhirih (Fátimih Baraghání, Qurratu'l-Ayn) ENT_BAH_TAHIRIH | taught_by | The Báb (Siyyid Alí-Muhammad Shírází) ENT_BAH_BAB | high | Táhirih was an early recognizer and disciple of the Báb. | Peter Smith, An Introduction to the Bahá'í Faith (Cambridge University Press, 2008) SRC_SMITH_BAHAI | reviewed | |
| 7019 | Augustine of Hippo ENT_PAT_AUGUSTINE | taught_by | Ambrose of Milan ENT_PAT_AMBROSE | high | Augustine was catechized and baptized by Ambrose of Milan, whose preaching he credits in the Confessions with his conversion. | Johannes Quasten, Patrology, 4 vols. (Spectrum / Christian Classics, 1950-1986) SRC_QUASTEN_PATROLOGY | reviewed | |
| 7020 | Origen of Alexandria ENT_PAT_ORIGEN | taught_by | Clement of Alexandria ENT_PAT_CLEMENT_ALEX | medium | Origen is traditionally held to have studied under Clement of Alexandria at the Alexandrian catechetical school (succession reported by Eusebius). | Johannes Quasten, Patrology, 4 vols. (Spectrum / Christian Classics, 1950-1986) SRC_QUASTEN_PATROLOGY | reviewed | |
| 7021 | Irenaeus of Lyons ENT_PAT_IRENAEUS | taught_by | Polycarp of Smyrna ENT_PAT_POLYCARP | high | Irenaeus reports in his letter to Florinus that he heard Polycarp of Smyrna in his youth, linking him to the apostolic generation. | Irenaeus of Lyons, Adversus Haereses (Against Heresies), c. 180 CE; ed. Rousseau & Doutreleau, SC 263-264, 293-294, 210-211 (Cerf, 1979-2002) SRC_IRENAEUS_AH | reviewed | |
| 7049 | Macarius the Great (Macarius the Egyptian) ENT_DESERT_MACARIUS | taught_by | Anthony the Great ENT_SAINT_ANTHONY_ABBOT | medium | Tradition and the Apophthegmata present Macarius the Great as a disciple of Anthony the Great (existing ENT_SAINT_ANTHONY_ABBOT). | The Sayings of the Desert Fathers: The Alphabetical Collection (Apophthegmata Patrum), trans. Benedicta Ward, Cistercian Publications, rev. ed. 1984 SRC_WARD_SAYINGS | reviewed | |
| 7050 | Evagrius Ponticus ENT_DESERT_EVAGRIUS | taught_by | Macarius the Great (Macarius the Egyptian) ENT_DESERT_MACARIUS | medium | Evagrius Ponticus was a disciple of Macarius the Great (and Macarius of Alexandria) at the Kellia/Nitria. | The Sayings of the Desert Fathers: The Alphabetical Collection (Apophthegmata Patrum), trans. Benedicta Ward, Cistercian Publications, rev. ed. 1984 SRC_WARD_SAYINGS | reviewed | |
| 7052 | Sisoes (Abba Sisoes) ENT_DESERT_SISOES | taught_by | Anthony the Great ENT_SAINT_ANTHONY_ABBOT | low | Sisoes settled on Anthony the Great's inner mountain after Anthony's death, presenting himself as heir to Anthony's ascetic place and tradition. | The Sayings of the Desert Fathers: The Alphabetical Collection (Apophthegmata Patrum), trans. Benedicta Ward, Cistercian Publications, rev. ed. 1984 SRC_WARD_SAYINGS | reviewed | |
| 7053 | Pambo (Abba Pambo) ENT_DESERT_PAMBO | taught_by | Macarius the Great (Macarius the Egyptian) ENT_DESERT_MACARIUS | low | Pambo of Nitria is associated with the Macarian circle of Nitria/Kellia in the Apophthegmata tradition. | The Sayings of the Desert Fathers: The Alphabetical Collection (Apophthegmata Patrum), trans. Benedicta Ward, Cistercian Publications, rev. ed. 1984 SRC_WARD_SAYINGS | reviewed | |
| 7066 | Babai the Great ENT_SYR_BABAI | taught_by | Narsai ENT_SYR_NARSAI | medium | Babai the Great's dyophysite theology continues the Antiochene-Nisibene school transmitted through Narsai's School of Nisibis (Baum-Winkler). | Wilhelm Baum & Dietmar W. Winkler, The Church of the East: A Concise History (Routledge, 2003) SRC_BAUM_WINKLER_COTE | reviewed | |
| 7078 | Tiridates III of Armenia ENT_ARMC_TIRIDATES | taught_by | Gregory the Illuminator ENT_ARMC_GREGORY_ILLUMINATOR | high | Agathangelos records that Gregory the Illuminator converted and catechized King Tiridates III into the Christian faith. | Agathangelos, History of the Armenians (Patmut'iwn Hayots'), 5th c. CE; trans. Robert W. Thomson (State University of New York Press, Albany NY, 1976) SRC_AGATHANGELOS_HISTORY | reviewed | |
| 7079 | Mesrop Mashtots ENT_ARMC_MESROP | taught_by | Sahak Partev ENT_ARMC_SAHAK | high | Movses Khorenatsi records Mesrop Mashtots working under and with Catholicos Sahak Partev, who sponsored the alphabet and Bible translation. | Movses Khorenatsi, History of Armenia (Patmut'iwn Hayots'), 5th c. CE; trans. Robert W. Thomson (Harvard University Press, Cambridge MA, 1978) SRC_KHORENATSI_HISTORY | reviewed | |
| 7094 | Frumentius (Abba Selama) ENT_ETH_FRUMENTIUS | taught_by | Anthony the Great ENT_SAINT_ANTHONY_ABBOT | low | Ethiopian monasticism traces its ideals to Egyptian Antonian/Pachomian asceticism mediated through Alexandria, the see that consecrated Frumentius; lineage-of-influence, not personal pupillage. ENT_SAINT_ANTHONY_ABBOT verified to exist. | Stuart Munro-Hay, Aksum: An African Civilisation of Late Antiquity SRC_MUNRO_HAY_AKSUM | reviewed | |
| 7095 | The Nine Saints ENT_ETH_NINE_SAINTS | taught_by | Anthony the Great ENT_SAINT_ANTHONY_ABBOT | low | The Nine Saints introduced Egyptian-style monasticism deriving from the Antonian/Pachomian tradition into Ethiopia. ENT_SAINT_ANTHONY_ABBOT verified to exist. | Stuart Munro-Hay, Aksum: An African Civilisation of Late Antiquity SRC_MUNRO_HAY_AKSUM | reviewed | |
| 7110 | Besa of Atripe ENT_COP_BESA | taught_by | Shenoute the Great ENT_COP_SHENOUTE | high | Besa was the disciple of Shenoute and succeeded him as archimandrite of the White Monastery (Davis; Besa's own Life of Shenoute). | Stephen J. Davis, The Early Coptic Papacy: The Egyptian Church and Its Leadership in Late Antiquity (American University in Cairo Press, 2004) SRC_DAVIS_EARLY_COPTIC_PAPACY | reviewed | |
| 7111 | Moses the Black ENT_COP_MOSES_BLACK | taught_by | Macarius of Egypt ENT_COP_MACARIUS | medium | Moses the Black became a monk of Scetis under the spiritual direction of Macarius of Egypt (Apophthegmata Patrum). | Stephen J. Davis, The Early Coptic Papacy: The Egyptian Church and Its Leadership in Late Antiquity (American University in Cairo Press, 2004) SRC_DAVIS_EARLY_COPTIC_PAPACY | reviewed | |
| 7155 | Akiva ben Joseph ENT_STJ_AKIVA | taught_by | Yohanan ben Zakkai ENT_STJ_YOHANAN_BEN_ZAKKAI | low | Akiva belongs to the generation of disciples following Yohanan ben Zakkai's Yavneh academy; lineage attested in rabbinic tradition but indirect. | Peter Schäfer, The History of the Jews in the Greco-Roman World SRC_SCHAFER_JEWS_GRECO_ROMAN | reviewed | |
| 7156 | Judah ha-Nasi ENT_STJ_JUDAH_HANASI | taught_by | Akiva ben Joseph ENT_STJ_AKIVA | medium | Judah ha-Nasi's Mishnah is built on the halakhic systematization of Akiva (via Akiva's disciples), the dominant Tannaitic lineage. | Peter Schäfer, The History of the Jews in the Greco-Roman World SRC_SCHAFER_JEWS_GRECO_ROMAN | reviewed | |
| 7158 | Gamaliel ENT_NT_GAMALIEL | taught_by | Hillel the Elder ENT_STJ_HILLEL | medium | Gamaliel the Elder is traditionally Hillel's grandson and heir of the House of Hillel. | New Testament (primary text; Greek: Nestle-Aland 28th ed.; citations by book, chapter, and verse) SRC_NEW_TESTAMENT | reviewed | |
| 7468 | Cú Chulainn ENT_IRH_CU_CHULAINN | taught_by | Scáthach ENT_IRH_SCATHACH | high | Scáthach trains Cú Chulainn in arms and gives him the gáe bolga (Tochmarc Emire). | Thomas Kinsella (trans.), The Táin (Oxford University Press, 1969) SRC_KINSELLA_TAIN | 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])
);
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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]);