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  "slug": "alabaster-box",
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  "canonical_name": "Alabaster Box",
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    "CULTURAL_PRACTICES"
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      "label": "The alabaster flask is the literal container; the anointing act, not the material vessel, receives Jesus' burial interpr",
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      "definition": "Mark 14 presents an alabaster flask as the literal container of costly nard. Jesus explicitly interprets the woman's anointing action as preparation for his burial.",
      "not_always": "The text assigns significance to the anointing action and perfume in relation to burial; it does not interpret alabaster as an independent Christological symbol.",
      "scope_note": "The text assigns significance to the anointing action and perfume in relation to burial; it does not interpret alabaster as an independent Christological symbol.",
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          "public_wording_class": "CATEGORY_OR_RECLASSIFICATION_NOTICE",
          "scope_limitation": "The text assigns significance to the anointing action and perfume in relation to burial; it does not interpret alabaster as an independent Christological symbol.",
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          "residual_uncertainty": "No material residual uncertainty beyond the stated scope limitation.",
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              "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-000287",
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      "sense_id": "TSP-SNS-000175",
      "label": "The fragrance from the alabaster vessel symbolizes Christ's brokenness and sacrifice.",
      "classification": "SYMBOL",
      "definition": "The Gospels describe costly perfume and, in John, its fragrance filling the house, but they do not interpret the fragrance as a symbol of Christ's brokenness or sacrifice.",
      "not_always": "Burial preparation is explicit; \"fragrance of Christ's brokenness\" is a later devotional extension, not an inspired interpretation.",
      "scope_note": "Burial preparation is explicit; \"fragrance of Christ's brokenness\" is a later devotional extension, not an inspired interpretation.",
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        {
          "claim_id": "TSP-CLM-000175",
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          "scope_limitation": "Burial preparation is explicit; \"fragrance of Christ's brokenness\" is a later devotional extension, not an inspired interpretation.",
          "strongest_alternative_explanation": "The fragrance is the literal effect of the perfume; the inspired theological meaning of the act is preparation for burial.",
          "residual_uncertainty": "No material residual uncertainty beyond the stated scope limitation.",
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