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'}

3 rows where entity_id = "ENT_ISL_ILYAS"

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ENT_ISL_ILYAS,SRC_ISLAM_EI2,scholarly attestation Ilyas (Elijah) ENT_ISL_ILYAS Encyclopaedia of Islam entries SRC_ISLAM_EI2 scholarly attestation Encyclopedia of Islam s.v. "Ilyas": the Quranic Ilyas identified with Hebrew Elijah; the disputed identification with al-Khidr in some Islamic traditions.
ENT_ISL_ILYAS,SRC_QURAN,direct attestation Ilyas (Elijah) ENT_ISL_ILYAS Qur’an SRC_QURAN direct attestation Quran 6:85 (listed among the prophets); 37:123-132 (Sura Al-Saffat: Ilyas reproaches his people for worshipping Baal; parallel to 1 Kings 18; Ilyas is "one of the sent ones"). The Quranic account is brief; the identification with Elijah is made explicit by the Baal-worship context.
ENT_ISL_ILYAS,SRC_QURAN,primary text attestation Ilyas (Elijah) ENT_ISL_ILYAS Qur’an SRC_QURAN primary text attestation Ilyas called his people away from the worship of Baal to the one God; the Islamic reception of Elijah.

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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]);