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

4 rows where entity_id = "ENT_MOA_KEMOSH"

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ENT_MOA_KEMOSH,SRC_CROSS_CANAANITE_MYTH,scholarly attestation Kemosh ENT_MOA_KEMOSH Frank Moore Cross, Canaanite Myth and Hebrew Epic (Harvard University Press, 1973) SRC_CROSS_CANAANITE_MYTH scholarly attestation Cross (1973) pp. 228-229: Kemosh in the context of West Semitic national deity theology; the Mesha Stele as parallel to Deuteronomistic historical writing.
ENT_MOA_KEMOSH,SRC_DDD_BIBLE,scholarly attestation Kemosh ENT_MOA_KEMOSH Dictionary of Deities and Demons in the Bible SRC_DDD_BIBLE scholarly attestation DDD Bible, "Chemosh" entry: full survey of the biblical and epigraphic evidence; theological analysis of the Kemosh cult; relationship to Ashtar-Kemosh; Hellenistic equation with Ares.
ENT_MOA_KEMOSH,SRC_HEBREW_BIBLE,direct attestation Kemosh ENT_MOA_KEMOSH The Hebrew Bible / Tanakh (primary text; Masoretic Text tradition; reference editions: Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia / Biblia Hebraica Quinta; citations by book, chapter, and verse) SRC_HEBREW_BIBLE direct attestation Numbers 21:29: "Woe to you, Moab! You are destroyed, O people of Kemosh." Judges 11:24: Jephthah's theological argument that Kemosh gives Ammon its land as Yahweh gives Israel its land — the clearest biblical recognition of Kemosh as a legitimate national deity. 1 Kings 11:7,33: Solomon's high place for Kemosh on the Mount of Olives. Jeremiah 48:7,13,46: prophecy of Kemosh's exile; "Kemosh will go into exile, his priests and officials together." Multiple independent books confirming Kemosh across a 4-century span.
ENT_MOA_KEMOSH,SRC_MESHA_STELE,inscriptional attestation Kemosh ENT_MOA_KEMOSH The Mesha Stele (Moabite Stone), c. 840 BCE; ed. John A. Dearman, Studies in the Mesha Inscription and Moab (Scholars Press / ASOR, Atlanta, 1989) SRC_MESHA_STELE inscriptional attestation Mesha Stele (KAI 181) names Kemosh nine times as the supreme deity of Moab. Lines 3-4: "Kemosh was angry with his land." Line 9: "And Kemosh returned [the land] in my days." Line 14: "And Kemosh said to me: Go, take Nebo against Israel." Line 17: "And I devoted it to destruction (ḥrm) for Ashtar-Kemosh." Primary and most detailed epigraphic source.

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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]);