Biographical dossier

Elisha

Elisha 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:Q206238
Catalogue ID
person:wd:Q206238
Wikidata ID
Q206238
Occupation class
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
Life span
900 BC–790 BC
Birth anchor
place not supplied (900 BC)
Death anchor
Samaria (790 BC)
HPI
82.15890775821633

Chronological record

The dataset places the life between 900 BC and 790 BC. These indexed dates are identity and chronology fields, not a substitute for a critical biography.

Geographic anchors

Birth: place not supplied (900 BC). Death: Samaria (790 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: 10.345509228574059.

Research questions

  1. Which primary sources are contemporary with this person?
  2. Which office, community or institution gives the person historical agency?
  3. How do later confessional, national or ideological narratives reshape the record?
  4. Which places on the atlas are genuine life anchors and which are later reception sites?