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Gnosis

Data Model

Overview

Section titled “Overview”

Gnosis models the biblical world as a knowledge graph with interconnected entity types. Entities reference each other by slug ID.

Entity Types

Section titled “Entity Types”

Person

Section titled “Person”

Biblical figures with family relationships, dates, and verse references.

  • Family tree: father, mother, siblings, children, partners
  • Geography: birth_place, death_place (link to Place)
  • Dates: birth_year, death_year (astronomical years, negative = BC)
  • Enrichment: name_meaning, first_mention
  • Groups: people_groups (link to PeopleGroup)

Place

Section titled “Place”

Geographic locations with coordinates and classifications.

  • Coordinates: latitude, longitude (where available)
  • Names: name, kjv_name, esv_name, modern_name
  • Classification: feature_type (City, Region, Water, etc.), feature_sub_type

Event

Section titled “Event”

Biblical events with chronological ordering and participants.

  • Timeline: start_year, sort_key (for ordering), duration
  • Relations: participants (Person), locations (Place)
  • Hierarchy: parent_event, predecessor (self-references)

PeopleGroup

Section titled “PeopleGroup”

Tribes, ethnic groups, and other named groups with their members.

CrossReference

Section titled “CrossReference”

Verse-to-verse connections with community vote scores.

Strong’s Concordance

Section titled “Strong’s Concordance”

Hebrew (H) and Greek (G) lexicon entries with definitions.

Dictionary

Section titled “Dictionary”

Entries from four historical dictionaries: Smith’s, Hastings, Schaff, and Hitchcock.

Topic

Section titled “Topic”

Topical scripture arrangements with sub-aspects and verse lists.

Hebrew Morphology

Section titled “Hebrew Morphology”

Word-level Old Testament data with morphological tags and Strong’s linkage.

Lexicon

Section titled “Lexicon”

Hebrew lexicon entries with TWOT (Theological Wordbook of the OT) references.

Relationships

Section titled “Relationships”
Person ──birth_place──> Place
Person ──father/mother──> Person
Person ──children──> Person
Event ──participants──> Person
Event ──locations──> Place
Event ──parent_event──> Event
Person ──people_groups──> PeopleGroup
HebrewWord ──strongs_number──> Strong's
All entities ──verses──> Verse (OSIS refs)

Identifiers

Section titled “Identifiers”
  • Slug: URL-friendly string ID (e.g., abraham, jerusalem)
  • UUID: Deterministic UUID v5, stable across builds
  • OSIS Ref: Verse references in Book.Chapter.Verse format