Biographical dossier
Methuselah
Methuselah 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:Q156290
- Catalogue ID
- person:wd:Q156290
- Wikidata ID
- Q156290
- Occupation class
- RELIGIOUS FIGURE
- Life span
- 3074 BC–2105 BC
- Birth anchor
- place not supplied (3074 BC)
- Death anchor
- place not supplied (2105 BC)
- HPI
- 82.02590960406546
Chronological record
The dataset places the life between 3074 BC and 2105 BC. These indexed dates are identity and chronology fields, not a substitute for a critical biography.
Geographic anchors
Birth: place not supplied (3074 BC). Death: place not supplied (2105 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: 8.779644241601355.
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?