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_MUSA"

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ENT_ISL_MUSA,SRC_ISLAM_EI2,scholarly attestation Musa (Moses) ENT_ISL_MUSA Encyclopaedia of Islam entries SRC_ISLAM_EI2 scholarly attestation Encyclopedia of Islam s.v. "Musa": survey of Quranic and hadith material; post-Quranic Islamic tradition elaborations including the Night Journey (Musa's role in fixing the five daily prayers).
ENT_ISL_MUSA,SRC_QURAN,direct attestation Musa (Moses) ENT_ISL_MUSA Qur’an SRC_QURAN direct attestation The most frequently mentioned prophet in the Quran: 136 mentions across 36 suras. Key passages: 2:51-61 (the Israelites in the wilderness); 7:103-162 (extended Moses narrative); 20:9-98 (Sura Ta-Ha: burning bush, Pharaoh, golden calf); 28:3-43 (Sura Al-Qasas: birth, exile, commissioning, exodus). The Quran treats Musa as a paradigmatic prophet whose community failed — a counter-example structuring the Islamic self-understanding of the umma.
ENT_ISL_MUSA,SRC_QURAN,primary text attestation Musa (Moses) ENT_ISL_MUSA Qur’an SRC_QURAN primary text attestation Musa, the one to whom God spoke directly, led the Israelites from Egypt and received the Tawrah; the Islamic reception of Moses.

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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]);