Biographical dossier

Moses

Moses 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.

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Record details
Research ID
catholon:person:person:wd:Q9077
Catalogue ID
person:wd:Q9077
Wikidata ID
Q9077
Occupation class
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
Life span
1393 BC–1273 BC
Birth anchor
Land of Goshen (1393 BC)
Death anchor
Mount Nebo (1273 BC)
HPI
94.11066745133604

Chronological record

The dataset places the life between 1393 BC and 1273 BC. These indexed dates are identity and chronology fields, not a substitute for a critical biography.

Geographic anchors

Birth: Land of Goshen (1393 BC). Death: Mount Nebo (1273 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: 16.6685803225435.

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?
Phase II — source-led historical deepening

Historical horizon

Moses stands at the centre of the Exodus, Sinai covenant, wilderness tradition and the formation of Israel. The profile distinguishes the biblical narrative, the legal and liturgical corpora, and the archaeological and chronological questions surrounding the Late Bronze Age setting.

Primary-source path

  • Exodus
  • Leviticus
  • Numbers
  • Deuteronomy
  • Psalm 105
  • Acts 7:17–44
  • Hebrews 11:23–29

Geography and institutions

Birth anchor: Land of Goshen; Death anchor: Mount Nebo 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

Exodus and PassoverSinai and priesthoodWorld History map

This layer expands the catalogue entry without turning later reception into contemporary evidence. Confessional judgements, historical claims and uncertain traditions remain explicitly distinguishable.