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  "entry_id": "TSP-ENT-000136",
  "slug": "cassia",
  "url_path": "/types-symbols/cassia/",
  "canonical_name": "Cassia",
  "entry_classifications": [
    "ORDINARY_DESCRIPTION",
    "SYMBOL"
  ],
  "modules": [
    "CULTURAL_PRACTICES",
    "WORSHIP_IMAGERY"
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "legacy_present": true,
  "legacy_raw_wording_public": false,
  "senses": [
    {
      "sense_id": "TSP-SNS-000348",
      "label": "Cassia as actual aromatic spice in anointing oil and royal fragrance",
      "classification": "ORDINARY_DESCRIPTION",
      "definition": "Cassia denotes aromatic spice/bark used in the holy anointing oil and in Psalm 45’s fragrant royal setting.",
      "not_always": "Cassia’s fragrance is material/cultural; its presence in sacred or royal settings does not itself establish a theological code.",
      "scope_note": "Cassia’s fragrance is material/cultural; its presence in sacred or royal settings does not itself establish a theological code.",
      "claims": [
        {
          "claim_id": "TSP-CLM-000348",
          "statement": "The legacy fragrance observation is grounded in the actual aromatic material and should be reclassified as literal/cultural fragrance before any symbolic extension.",
          "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": "Cassia’s fragrance is material/cultural; its presence in sacred or royal settings does not itself establish a theological code.",
          "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-000571",
              "osis_start": "Exod.30.24",
              "osis_end": null,
              "display_label": "Exodus 30:22-25",
              "versification_system": "ENGLISH_STANDARD"
            },
            {
              "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-000572",
              "osis_start": "Ps.45.8",
              "osis_end": null,
              "display_label": "Psalm 45:8",
              "versification_system": "ENGLISH_STANDARD"
            }
          ],
          "source_citations": [
            {
              "source_id": "TSP-SRC-000129",
              "author_editor": "Cambridge Bible / conservative commentary compilation",
              "title": "Cassia in Exodus 30:24 and Psalm 45:8",
              "publication_data": "Accessed/verified 2026-09-20",
              "locator": "https://biblehub.com/commentaries/exodus/30-24.htm; https://biblehub.com/commentaries/psalms/45-8.htm",
              "verification_level": "V3_CLAIM_VERIFIED",
              "source_function": [
                "HISTORICAL_BACKGROUND",
                "SCHOLARLY_ARGUMENT"
              ],
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                  "target": "https://biblehub.com/commentaries/exodus/30-24.htm"
                },
                {
                  "kind": "EXTERNAL_URL",
                  "target": "https://biblehub.com/commentaries/psalms/45-8.htm"
                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "s8_wording_provenance": null
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "sense_id": "TSP-SNS-000349",
      "label": "Cassia fragrance through crushing/suffering",
      "classification": "SYMBOL",
      "definition": "The legacy list adds crushing and suffering as the theological source of cassia fragrance.",
      "not_always": "The passages describe an aromatic spice and fragrant setting without assigning suffering symbolism to cassia.",
      "scope_note": "The passages describe an aromatic spice and fragrant setting without assigning suffering symbolism to cassia.",
      "claims": [
        {
          "claim_id": "TSP-CLM-000349",
          "statement": "Scripture does not interpret cassia as fragrance produced through suffering or crushing; the proposal lacks canonical support.",
          "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 passages describe an aromatic spice and fragrant setting without assigning suffering symbolism to cassia.",
          "strongest_alternative_explanation": "Literal aromatic property and cultic/royal use explain the fragrance language.",
          "residual_uncertainty": "No material residual uncertainty beyond the stated scope limitation.",
          "theological_intersections": [
            "OTHER"
          ],
          "scripture_references": [
            {
              "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-000573",
              "osis_start": "Exod.30.24",
              "osis_end": null,
              "display_label": "Exodus 30:24",
              "versification_system": "ENGLISH_STANDARD"
            }
          ],
          "source_citations": [
            {
              "source_id": "TSP-SRC-000129",
              "author_editor": "Cambridge Bible / conservative commentary compilation",
              "title": "Cassia in Exodus 30:24 and Psalm 45:8",
              "publication_data": "Accessed/verified 2026-09-20",
              "locator": "https://biblehub.com/commentaries/exodus/30-24.htm; https://biblehub.com/commentaries/psalms/45-8.htm",
              "verification_level": "V3_CLAIM_VERIFIED",
              "source_function": [
                "HISTORICAL_BACKGROUND",
                "SCHOLARLY_ARGUMENT"
              ],
              "locator_targets": [
                {
                  "kind": "EXTERNAL_URL",
                  "target": "https://biblehub.com/commentaries/exodus/30-24.htm"
                },
                {
                  "kind": "EXTERNAL_URL",
                  "target": "https://biblehub.com/commentaries/psalms/45-8.htm"
                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "s8_wording_provenance": null
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lexeme_mappings": [],
  "canonical_relationships": [],
  "negative_guardrails": []
}