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clean birds may be offered in sacrifice, while specified birds are prohibited as unclean.", "asserted_classifications": [ "ORDINARY_DESCRIPTION" ], "type_kinds": [], "evidence_grade": 1, "grade_basis": "G1_EXPLICIT_BIBLICAL_INTERPRETATION", "status": "REQUIRES_RECLASSIFICATION", "public_wording_class": "CATEGORY_OR_RECLASSIFICATION_NOTICE", "scope_limitation": "The clean/unclean classification is literal and cultic; it does not by itself assign a spiritual referent to every bird.", "strongest_alternative_explanation": null, "residual_uncertainty": "No material residual uncertainty beyond the stated scope limitation.", "theological_intersections": [ "OTHER" ], "scripture_references": [ { "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-000449", "osis_start": "Gen.8.20", "osis_end": null, "display_label": "Genesis 8:20", "versification_system": "ENGLISH_STANDARD" }, { "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-000450", "osis_start": "Lev.11.13", "osis_end": null, "display_label": "Leviticus 11:13-19", "versification_system": "ENGLISH_STANDARD" } ], "source_citations": [ { "source_id": "TSP-SRC-000105", "author_editor": null, "title": "Canonical Scripture: TSP-S3 Batch 6 loci, MT/LXX/NA28 with NET/ESV comparison", "publication_data": "Passage loci verified for TSP-S3 Batch 6, 2026-09-20", "locator": "https://classic.net.bible.org/", "verification_level": "V4_QUOTATION_VERIFIED", "source_function": [ "CANONICAL_AUTHORITY", "TEXT_ESTABLISHMENT" ], "locator_targets": [ { "kind": "EXTERNAL_URL", "target": "https://classic.net.bible.org/" } ] } ], "s8_wording_provenance": null } ] }, { "sense_id": "TSP-SNS-000263", "label": "Generic clean birds as the Holy Spirit or saints", "classification": "SYMBOL", "definition": "The legacy list proposes that clean birds symbolize the Holy Spirit or saints.", "not_always": "The dove comparison in the baptism narratives is species-specific and simile-based, not a rule for all clean birds.", "scope_note": "The dove comparison in the baptism narratives is species-specific and simile-based, not a rule for all clean birds.", "claims": [ { "claim_id": "TSP-CLM-000263", "statement": "Scripture does not establish a generic clean-bird = Holy Spirit or saints equation; the Spirit is compared specifically with a dove at Jesus' baptism, and other bird imagery varies by species and context.", "asserted_classifications": [ "SYMBOL" ], "type_kinds": [], "evidence_grade": 7, "grade_basis": "G7_INSUFFICIENT_BIBLICAL_EVIDENCE", "status": "INSUFFICIENT_BIBLICAL_EVIDENCE", "public_wording_class": "INSUFFICIENT_BIBLICAL_EVIDENCE", "scope_limitation": "The dove comparison in the baptism narratives is species-specific and simile-based, not a rule for all clean birds.", "strongest_alternative_explanation": "Species-specific and passage-specific bird imagery better accounts for the biblical evidence.", "residual_uncertainty": "No material residual uncertainty beyond the stated scope limitation.", "theological_intersections": [ "PNEUMATOLOGY" ], "scripture_references": [ { "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-000451", "osis_start": "Matt.3.16", "osis_end": null, "display_label": "Matthew 3:16", "versification_system": "ENGLISH_STANDARD" } ], "source_citations": [ { "source_id": "TSP-SRC-000105", "author_editor": null, "title": "Canonical Scripture: TSP-S3 Batch 6 loci, MT/LXX/NA28 with NET/ESV comparison", "publication_data": "Passage loci verified for TSP-S3 Batch 6, 2026-09-20", "locator": "https://classic.net.bible.org/", "verification_level": "V4_QUOTATION_VERIFIED", "source_function": [ "CANONICAL_AUTHORITY", "TEXT_ESTABLISHMENT" ], "locator_targets": [ { "kind": "EXTERNAL_URL", "target": "https://classic.net.bible.org/" } ] } ], "s8_wording_provenance": null } ] }, { "sense_id": "TSP-SNS-000264", "label": "Generic unclean birds as evil spirits", "classification": "SYMBOL", "definition": "The legacy list proposes that unclean birds symbolize evil spirits.", "not_always": "Unclean birds may participate in desolation imagery, but they are not grammatically identified as spirits.", "scope_note": "Unclean birds may participate in desolation imagery, but they are not grammatically identified as spirits.", "claims": [ { "claim_id": "TSP-CLM-000264", "statement": "Revelation 18:2 places unclean spirits and unclean birds side by side as distinct items, so the passage does not authorize equating unclean birds with evil spirits.", "asserted_classifications": [ "SYMBOL" ], "type_kinds": [], "evidence_grade": 7, "grade_basis": "G7_INSUFFICIENT_BIBLICAL_EVIDENCE", "status": "CONTRADICTED_BY_CONTEXT", "public_wording_class": "CONTRADICTED_BY_CONTEXT", "scope_limitation": "Unclean birds may participate in desolation imagery, but they are not grammatically identified as spirits.", "strongest_alternative_explanation": "Desolation/uncleanness imagery, not ontological identity with spirits, best fits the text.", "residual_uncertainty": "No material residual uncertainty beyond the stated scope limitation.", "theological_intersections": [ "PNEUMATOLOGY" ], "scripture_references": [ { "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-000452", "osis_start": "Rev.18.2", "osis_end": null, "display_label": "Revelation 18:2", "versification_system": "ENGLISH_STANDARD" } ], "source_citations": [ { "source_id": "TSP-SRC-000105", "author_editor": null, "title": "Canonical Scripture: TSP-S3 Batch 6 loci, MT/LXX/NA28 with NET/ESV comparison", "publication_data": "Passage loci verified for TSP-S3 Batch 6, 2026-09-20", "locator": "https://classic.net.bible.org/", "verification_level": "V4_QUOTATION_VERIFIED", "source_function": [ "CANONICAL_AUTHORITY", "TEXT_ESTABLISHMENT" ], "locator_targets": [ { "kind": "EXTERNAL_URL", "target": "https://classic.net.bible.org/" } ] } ], "s8_wording_provenance": null } ] } ], "lexeme_mappings": [], "canonical_relationships": [], "negative_guardrails": [ { "guardrail_id": "TSP-S6-R03-P03-GRD-009", "canonical_relation_status": "NEGATIVE_GUARDRAIL_CONTRADICTED", "adjudication_outcome": "CONTRADICTED_BY_CONTEXT", "decision_statement": "No positive fixed-symbol/type relationship is authorized for this overlap: Revelation 18:2 places unclean spirits and unclean birds side by side as distinct items, so the passage does not authorize equating unclean birds with evil spirits." } ] }