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  "entry_id": "TSP-ENT-000006",
  "slug": "lamb",
  "url_path": "/types-symbols/lamb/",
  "canonical_name": "Lamb",
  "entry_classifications": [
    "SYMBOL",
    "METAPHOR"
  ],
  "modules": [
    "ANIMALS",
    "SACRIFICES",
    "CHRISTOLOGICAL_TYPES"
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "legacy_present": true,
  "legacy_raw_wording_public": false,
  "senses": [
    {
      "sense_id": "TSP-SNS-000011",
      "label": "Christ as Lamb of God and slain spotless lamb",
      "classification": "METAPHOR",
      "definition": "The NT explicitly identifies Jesus as the Lamb of God, compares his blood with that of a spotless lamb, and presents the slain Lamb in Revelation.",
      "not_always": "Not every literal or sacrificial lamb in Scripture is thereby a formal type of Christ.",
      "scope_note": "The Christological lamb identification is explicit in specified NT texts; OT backgrounds must be argued individually.",
      "claims": [
        {
          "claim_id": "TSP-CLM-000011",
          "statement": "Jesus is explicitly presented with sacrificial and sin-bearing Lamb imagery in the New Testament.",
          "asserted_classifications": [
            "METAPHOR",
            "SYMBOL"
          ],
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          "evidence_grade": 1,
          "grade_basis": "G1_EXPLICIT_BIBLICAL_INTERPRETATION",
          "status": "ESTABLISHED",
          "public_wording_class": "SCRIPTURE_EXPLICITLY_IDENTIFIES",
          "scope_limitation": "The claim is established for the NT identifications themselves; specific OT lamb occurrences require their own canonical controls.",
          "strongest_alternative_explanation": null,
          "residual_uncertainty": null,
          "theological_intersections": [
            "CHRISTOLOGY",
            "ATONEMENT"
          ],
          "scripture_references": [
            {
              "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-000020",
              "osis_start": "John.1.29",
              "osis_end": null,
              "display_label": "John 1:29",
              "versification_system": "ENGLISH_STANDARD"
            },
            {
              "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-000021",
              "osis_start": "1Pet.1.18",
              "osis_end": "1Pet.1.19",
              "display_label": "1 Peter 1:18-19",
              "versification_system": "ENGLISH_STANDARD"
            },
            {
              "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-000022",
              "osis_start": "Rev.5.5",
              "osis_end": "Rev.5.12",
              "display_label": "Revelation 5:5-12",
              "versification_system": "ENGLISH_STANDARD"
            },
            {
              "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-000023",
              "osis_start": "Exod.12.3",
              "osis_end": "Exod.12.13",
              "display_label": "Exodus 12:3-13",
              "versification_system": "ENGLISH_STANDARD"
            }
          ],
          "source_citations": [
            {
              "source_id": "TSP-SRC-000008",
              "author_editor": null,
              "title": "Canonical Scripture: MT/LXX/NA28 with NET/ESV comparison",
              "publication_data": "Text loci verified for TSP-S0F Batch 2",
              "locator": null,
              "verification_level": "V4_QUOTATION_VERIFIED",
              "source_function": [
                "CANONICAL_AUTHORITY",
                "TEXT_ESTABLISHMENT"
              ],
              "locator_targets": []
            },
            {
              "source_id": "TSP-SRC-000010",
              "author_editor": "Steven J. Cole",
              "title": "Who is Jesus? John 1:29-34",
              "publication_data": "Bible.org",
              "locator": "https://bible.org/seriespage/lesson-7-who-jesus-john-129-34",
              "verification_level": "V3_CLAIM_VERIFIED",
              "source_function": [
                "SCHOLARLY_ARGUMENT"
              ],
              "locator_targets": [
                {
                  "kind": "EXTERNAL_URL",
                  "target": "https://bible.org/seriespage/lesson-7-who-jesus-john-129-34"
                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "s8_wording_provenance": null
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "sense_id": "TSP-SNS-000012",
      "label": "Every biblical lamb as formal Christological type",
      "classification": "TYPE",
      "definition": "A broad traditional extension would treat every lamb occurrence and detail as an intended type of Christ.",
      "not_always": "Literal lambs, sacrificial lambs, and figurative lamb language vary by context.",
      "scope_note": "Retain only as a proposal where a specific canonical connection is demonstrable.",
      "claims": [
        {
          "claim_id": "TSP-CLM-000012",
          "statement": "The proposal that every lamb occurrence or sacrificial-lamb detail functions as a formal type of Christ is not established by the canonical evidence.",
          "asserted_classifications": [
            "TYPE"
          ],
          "type_kinds": [
            "PERSON_TYPE"
          ],
          "evidence_grade": 7,
          "grade_basis": "G7_INSUFFICIENT_BIBLICAL_EVIDENCE",
          "status": "INSUFFICIENT_BIBLICAL_EVIDENCE",
          "public_wording_class": "INSUFFICIENT_BIBLICAL_EVIDENCE",
          "scope_limitation": "Explicit Christological lamb texts are retained, but universal extension to each lamb occurrence/detail is not warranted.",
          "strongest_alternative_explanation": "Many lamb passages are literal, sacrificial, pastoral, or figurative without a demonstrated Christological type relation.",
          "residual_uncertainty": null,
          "theological_intersections": [
            "CHRISTOLOGY",
            "ATONEMENT"
          ],
          "scripture_references": [
            {
              "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-000023",
              "osis_start": "Exod.12.3",
              "osis_end": "Exod.12.13",
              "display_label": "Exodus 12:3-13",
              "versification_system": "ENGLISH_STANDARD"
            },
            {
              "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-000020",
              "osis_start": "John.1.29",
              "osis_end": null,
              "display_label": "John 1:29",
              "versification_system": "ENGLISH_STANDARD"
            },
            {
              "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-000021",
              "osis_start": "1Pet.1.18",
              "osis_end": "1Pet.1.19",
              "display_label": "1 Peter 1:18-19",
              "versification_system": "ENGLISH_STANDARD"
            }
          ],
          "source_citations": [
            {
              "source_id": "TSP-SRC-000009",
              "author_editor": null,
              "title": "Legacy Symbols & Types list supplied for TSP project",
              "publication_data": "User-supplied legacy corpus",
              "locator": null,
              "verification_level": "V4_QUOTATION_VERIFIED",
              "source_function": [
                "INTERPRETIVE_HISTORY"
              ],
              "locator_targets": []
            },
            {
              "source_id": "TSP-SRC-000008",
              "author_editor": null,
              "title": "Canonical Scripture: MT/LXX/NA28 with NET/ESV comparison",
              "publication_data": "Text loci verified for TSP-S0F Batch 2",
              "locator": null,
              "verification_level": "V4_QUOTATION_VERIFIED",
              "source_function": [
                "CANONICAL_AUTHORITY",
                "TEXT_ESTABLISHMENT"
              ],
              "locator_targets": []
            }
          ],
          "s8_wording_provenance": null
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lexeme_mappings": [
    {
      "lexeme_link_id": "TSP-LEX-000010",
      "language": "GREEK",
      "lemma_unicode": "ἀμνός",
      "transliteration": "amnos",
      "strongs_id": "G286",
      "owner_tier": "TSP_MAPPING_ONLY",
      "semantic_domain_ids": []
    },
    {
      "lexeme_link_id": "TSP-LEX-000011",
      "language": "GREEK",
      "lemma_unicode": "ἀρνίον",
      "transliteration": "arnion",
      "strongs_id": "G721",
      "owner_tier": "TSP_MAPPING_ONLY",
      "semantic_domain_ids": []
    }
  ],
  "canonical_relationships": [
    {
      "canonical_relationship_id": "TSP-S6-R03-P03-REL-0066",
      "title": "Lamb",
      "canonical_statement": "Split the source concept. Retain/reclassify the supported component: Jesus is explicitly presented with sacrificial and sin-bearing Lamb imagery in the New Testament. Exclude or limit the unsupported/contradicted component: The proposal that every lamb occurrence or sacrificial-lamb detail functions as a formal type of Christ is not established by the canonical evidence.",
      "canonical_action": "PROMOTE_ADJUDICATED_P02_POSITIVE_OR_RECLASSIFIED_GROUP_AS_DISTINCT_CUMULATIVE_CLUSTER",
      "guardrails": [],
      "relationship_status": "SPLIT_POSITIVE_AND_EXCLUDED_COMPONENTS"
    }
  ],
  "negative_guardrails": [
    {
      "guardrail_id": "TSP-S6-R03-P03-GRD-044",
      "canonical_relation_status": "EXCLUDED_OR_LIMITED_COMPONENT_OF_SPLIT_CONCEPT",
      "adjudication_outcome": "SPLIT_CONCEPT",
      "decision_statement": "Excluded/limited claim component preserved separately from the positive canonical relationship."
    }
  ]
}