Biographical dossier
Abraham
Abraham is classified in the historical people index as RELIGIOUS FIGURE. This dossier preserves the indexed life dates and geographic anchors while explicitly marking what the source does not supply.
Record details
- Research ID
- catholon:person:person:wd:Q9181
- Catalogue ID
- person:wd:Q9181
- Wikidata ID
- Q9181
- Occupation class
- RELIGIOUS FIGURE
- Life span
- 1813 BC–1638 BC
- Birth anchor
- Mesopotamia (1813 BC)
- Death anchor
- Canaan (1638 BC)
- HPI
- 93.67735059818973
Chronological record
The dataset places the life between 1813 BC and 1638 BC. These indexed dates are identity and chronology fields, not a substitute for a critical biography.
Geographic anchors
Birth: Mesopotamia (1813 BC). Death: Canaan (1638 BC).
Country keys are dataset keys and must not be mistaken for the historical boundaries that existed during the person’s lifetime.
Historical role
The source assigns the broad occupation class RELIGIOUS FIGURE. It does not by itself establish doctrine, sanctity, political legitimacy, responsibility for every event associated with the person, or the exact scope of an office.
Source and identity method
Source: PANTHEON_2_2020. Identity method: pantheon_wikidata_qid. Language-edition measure: 16.59513392193051.
Research questions
- Which primary sources are contemporary with this person?
- Which office, community or institution gives the person historical agency?
- How do later confessional, national or ideological narratives reshape the record?
- Which places on the atlas are genuine life anchors and which are later reception sites?
Phase II — source-led historical deepening
Historical horizon
The profile belongs to the patriarchal and covenantal horizon. It should be read through Genesis 11–25, the movement from Mesopotamia to Canaan, the covenant traditions and the later Jewish and Christian reception of Abraham as father in faith.
Primary-source path
- Genesis 11–25
- Joshua 24:2–3
- Nehemiah 9:7–8
- Romans 4
- Galatians 3
- Hebrews 11:8–19
Geography and institutions
Birth anchor: Mesopotamia; Death anchor: Canaan The map anchors support navigation, but no point is treated as the whole extent of a ministry, kingdom, journey or later cult.
Connected study paths
This layer expands the catalogue entry without turning later reception into contemporary evidence. Confessional judgements, historical claims and uncertain traditions remain explicitly distinguishable.