Biographical dossier

Solomon

Solomon 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:Q37085
Catalogue ID
person:wd:Q37085
Wikidata ID
Q37085
Occupation class
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
Life span
1011 BC–931 BC
Birth anchor
Jerusalem (1011 BC)
Death anchor
Jerusalem (931 BC)
HPI
88.00838047100981

Chronological record

The dataset places the life between 1011 BC and 931 BC. These indexed dates are identity and chronology fields, not a substitute for a critical biography.

Geographic anchors

Birth: Jerusalem (1011 BC). Death: Jerusalem (931 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: 14.443681146293404.

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

Solomon belongs to the history of the united monarchy, the First Temple, international diplomacy and the biblical wisdom tradition. The profile keeps royal narrative, temple theology, sapiential attribution and later reception distinct.

Primary-source path

  • 1 Kings 1–11
  • 2 Chronicles 1–9
  • Proverbs
  • Ecclesiastes
  • Song of Songs
  • Wisdom 7–9

Geography and institutions

Birth anchor: Jerusalem; 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

Davidic kingdomTemple historyWorld 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.