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).

Data license: MIT · Data source: jebboone/deitydb

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)'}

7 rows where source_id = "SRC_BROCK_LUMINOUS_EYE"

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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  
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  
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  
7067 Ephrem the Syrian ENT_SYR_EPHREM opposes Mani ENT_MANICH_MANI high Ephrem's Prose Refutations and hymns explicitly polemicize against Mani and the Manichaeans (Brock). Sebastian Brock, The Luminous Eye: The Spiritual World Vision of Saint Ephrem the Syrian (Cistercian Publications, 1992) SRC_BROCK_LUMINOUS_EYE reviewed  
7068 Ephrem the Syrian ENT_SYR_EPHREM opposes Bardaisan of Edessa ENT_SYR_BARDAISAN high Ephrem composed hymns against the teaching of Bardaisan and his son Harmonius (Brock). Sebastian Brock, The Luminous Eye: The Spiritual World Vision of Saint Ephrem the Syrian (Cistercian Publications, 1992) SRC_BROCK_LUMINOUS_EYE reviewed  
7069 Syriac Fathers and Doctors (collective) ENT_SYR_FATHERS reception_of Jesus Christ ENT_JESUS_CHRIST high The Syriac Fathers articulate Christian theology and devotion centered on Jesus Christ, preserved in his own Aramaic tongue. Sebastian Brock, The Luminous Eye: The Spiritual World Vision of Saint Ephrem the Syrian (Cistercian Publications, 1992) SRC_BROCK_LUMINOUS_EYE reviewed  
7071 Ephrem the Syrian ENT_SYR_EPHREM aligned_with Basil the Great ENT_ORTH_BASIL low Later tradition links Ephrem with Basil the Great (a legendary meeting); both received as ecumenical doctors. Sebastian Brock, The Luminous Eye: The Spiritual World Vision of Saint Ephrem the Syrian (Cistercian Publications, 1992) SRC_BROCK_LUMINOUS_EYE 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]);