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do not convert the generic noun “man” into a universal type.", "scope_note": "Use Adam/Christ typology where Scripture establishes it; do not convert the generic noun “man” into a universal type.", "claims": [ { "claim_id": "TSP-CLM-000776", "statement": "Scripture does not identify generic “man” as a formal type of Christ; Romans 5 explicitly assigns typological status to Adam, while Hebrews 2 applies Psalm 8 climactically to Jesus within the broader human vocation.", "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": "Use Adam/Christ typology where Scripture establishes it; do not convert the generic noun “man” into a universal type.", "strongest_alternative_explanation": "Humanity supplies the creational vocation that Christ perfectly fulfills; that theological trajectory is not identical with a formal lexical type claim.", "residual_uncertainty": "No material residual uncertainty beyond the stated scope limitation.", "theological_intersections": [ "CHRISTOLOGY", "ANTHROPOLOGY" ], "scripture_references": [ { "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-000001", "osis_start": "Rom.5.14", "osis_end": null, "display_label": "Romans 5:14", "versification_system": "ENGLISH_STANDARD" }, { "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-001176", "osis_start": "Heb.2.5", "osis_end": "Heb.2.9", "display_label": "Hebrews 2:5–9", "versification_system": "ENGLISH_STANDARD" } ], "source_citations": [ { "source_id": "TSP-SRC-000001", "author_editor": null, "title": "Canonical Scripture: MT/LXX/NA28 with NET/ESV comparison", "publication_data": "Text loci verified for TSP-S0F Batch 1", "locator": null, "verification_level": "V4_QUOTATION_VERIFIED", "source_function": [ "CANONICAL_AUTHORITY", "TEXT_ESTABLISHMENT" ], "locator_targets": [] }, { "source_id": "TSP-SRC-000244", "author_editor": "BibleHub lexical/verse reference", "title": "Genesis 1:26 image and likeness / dominion", "publication_data": "Accessed/verified 2026-09-20", "locator": "https://biblehub.com/genesis/1-26.htm", "verification_level": "V3_CLAIM_VERIFIED", "source_function": [ "TEXT_ESTABLISHMENT" ], "locator_targets": [ { "kind": "EXTERNAL_URL", "target": "https://biblehub.com/genesis/1-26.htm" } ] } ], "s8_wording_provenance": null } ] } ], "lexeme_mappings": [ { "lexeme_link_id": "TSP-LEX-000193", "language": "HEBREW", "lemma_unicode": "אָדָם", "transliteration": "adam", "strongs_id": "H120", "owner_tier": "TSP_MAPPING_ONLY", "semantic_domain_ids": [] } ], "canonical_relationships": [], "negative_guardrails": [ { "guardrail_id": "TSP-S6-R03-P03-GRD-026", "canonical_relation_status": "NEGATIVE_GUARDRAIL_INSUFFICIENT", "adjudication_outcome": "INSUFFICIENT_BIBLICAL_EVIDENCE", "decision_statement": "No positive canonical type/symbol relationship is promoted beyond the source evidence: Scripture does not identify generic “man” as a formal type of Christ; Romans 5 explicitly assigns typological status to Adam, while Hebrews 2 applies Psalm 8 climactically to Jesus within the broader human vocation." } ] }