Entity Sources

2,936 links between entities and the sources that attest them, with evidence type and passage-level notes. The primary evidence layer: every entity classification traces to at least one record here.

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evidence_type
{'description': 'e.g. Direct attestation, Secondary analysis, Epigraphic, Numismatic'}
source_note
{'description': 'Specific passage citations and notes on how this source attests the entity'}

5 rows where entity_id = "ENT_CAN_YAM"

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ENT_CAN_YAM,SRC_CROSS_CANAANITE_MYTH,scholarly attestation Yam ENT_CAN_YAM Frank Moore Cross, Canaanite Myth and Hebrew Epic (Harvard University Press, 1973) SRC_CROSS_CANAANITE_MYTH scholarly attestation Cross (1973) pp. 112-120: Yam as the sea deity defeated by Baal/YHWH; the combat myth pattern; the Israelite reception in the Sea crossing narrative and the prophetic sea imagery
ENT_CAN_YAM,SRC_DAY_GODS_CONFLICT,scholarly attestation Yam ENT_CAN_YAM John Day, God's Conflict with the Dragon and the Sea (Cambridge University Press, 1985) SRC_DAY_GODS_CONFLICT scholarly attestation Day (1985) pp. 1-61: Yam the sea deity and his conflict with Baal in Ugaritic and with YHWH in the Hebrew Bible; SRC_DAY_GODS_CONFLICT is the standard monograph on this subject
ENT_CAN_YAM,SRC_UGARIT_DDD,scholarly attestation Yam ENT_CAN_YAM Dictionary of Deities and Demons in the Bible SRC_UGARIT_DDD scholarly attestation Attested in DDD Bible, Canaanite/Ugaritic entries.
ENT_CAN_YAM,SRC_UGARIT_PARDON,scholarly attestation Yam ENT_CAN_YAM Dennis Pardee, Ritual and Cult at Ugarit SRC_UGARIT_PARDON scholarly attestation Attested in Pardee, Ritual and Cult at Ugarit.
ENT_CAN_YAM,SRC_WYATT_RELIGIOUS_TEXTS,direct attestation Yam ENT_CAN_YAM N. Wyatt, Religious Texts from Ugarit, 2nd ed. (Sheffield Academic Press, 2002) SRC_WYATT_RELIGIOUS_TEXTS direct attestation Yam (Sea) is Baal's first great enemy; KTU 1.1-2 (Baal vs. Yam); Wyatt (2002) pp. 33-64; the combat between Baal and the primordial sea is a key Ugaritic myth with wide Near Eastern comparanda (Marduk-Tiamat, YHWH-Leviathan)

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CREATE TABLE "entity_sources" (
   [entity_id] TEXT REFERENCES [entities]([entity_id]),
   [source_id] TEXT REFERENCES [sources]([source_id]),
   [evidence_type] TEXT,
   [source_note] TEXT,
   PRIMARY KEY ([entity_id], [source_id], [evidence_type])
);
CREATE INDEX [idx_entity_sources_source_id]
    ON [entity_sources] ([source_id]);
CREATE INDEX [idx_entity_sources_entity_id]
    ON [entity_sources] ([entity_id]);