Biographical dossier
David
David is classified in the historical people index as POLITICIAN. 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:Q41370
- Catalogue ID
- person:wd:Q41370
- Wikidata ID
- Q41370
- Occupation class
- POLITICIAN
- Life span
- 1010 BC–970 BC
- Birth anchor
- Bethlehem (1010 BC)
- Death anchor
- Jerusalem (970 BC)
- HPI
- 87.99033796316348
Chronological record
The dataset places the life between 1010 BC and 970 BC. These indexed dates are identity and chronology fields, not a substitute for a critical biography.
Geographic anchors
Birth: Bethlehem (1010 BC). Death: Jerusalem (970 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 POLITICIAN. 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: 14.967825905963089.
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
David must be located within the transition from tribal confederation to monarchy, the consolidation of Jerusalem and the biblical theology of the Davidic covenant. The profile separates the Books of Samuel, royal psalms, later dynastic interpretation and extra-biblical evidence for the house of David.
Primary-source path
- 1–2 Samuel
- 1 Chronicles 11–29
- Psalms 2, 18, 89, 110
- 2 Kings 8:19
- Tel Dan inscription
Geography and institutions
Birth anchor: Bethlehem; Death anchor: Jerusalem 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.