{
  "entry_id": "TSP-ENT-000410",
  "slug": "raven",
  "url_path": "/types-symbols/raven/",
  "canonical_name": "Raven",
  "entry_classifications": [
    "ORDINARY_DESCRIPTION",
    "MOTIF",
    "SYMBOL"
  ],
  "modules": [
    "ANIMALS"
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "legacy_present": true,
  "legacy_raw_wording_public": false,
  "senses": [
    {
      "sense_id": "TSP-SNS-000953",
      "label": "Raven as Mosaic unclean bird",
      "classification": "ORDINARY_DESCRIPTION",
      "definition": "Leviticus explicitly includes every kind of raven among the unclean birds; this is a dietary/cultic classification, not an inspired identification of ravens with moral evil or Satan.",
      "not_always": "Mosaic uncleanness is a legal/cultic category; it must not be converted automatically into a moral or demonic symbol.",
      "scope_note": "Mosaic uncleanness is a legal/cultic category; it must not be converted automatically into a moral or demonic symbol.",
      "claims": [
        {
          "claim_id": "TSP-CLM-000953",
          "statement": "Leviticus 11:15 classifies every kind of raven among the unclean birds, establishing ritual/dietary status but not a Satanic or morally evil symbolic identity.",
          "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": "Mosaic uncleanness is a legal/cultic category; it must not be converted automatically into a moral or demonic symbol.",
          "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-001367",
              "osis_start": "Lev.11.15",
              "osis_end": null,
              "display_label": "Leviticus 11:15",
              "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": []
            }
          ],
          "s8_wording_provenance": null
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "sense_id": "TSP-SNS-000954",
      "label": "Raven evil/Satan code contradicted by canonical contexts",
      "classification": "SYMBOL",
      "definition": "Canonical raven contexts include ravens serving God’s provision for Elijah and Jesus appealing to God’s care for ravens, defeating an invariant raven = evil/Satan code.",
      "not_always": "Ravens can be unclean birds or narrative agents, but no invariant evil/Satan symbolism survives the canon’s positive providential uses.",
      "scope_note": "Ravens can be unclean birds or narrative agents, but no invariant evil/Satan symbolism survives the canon’s positive providential uses.",
      "claims": [
        {
          "claim_id": "TSP-CLM-000954",
          "statement": "God commands ravens to feed Elijah in 1 Kings 17, and Jesus cites God’s feeding of ravens in Luke 12; these positive providential contexts contradict a fixed identification of the raven with evil or Satan “going to and fro.”",
          "asserted_classifications": [
            "SYMBOL",
            "MOTIF"
          ],
          "type_kinds": [],
          "evidence_grade": 7,
          "grade_basis": "G7_INSUFFICIENT_BIBLICAL_EVIDENCE",
          "status": "CONTRADICTED_BY_CONTEXT",
          "public_wording_class": "CONTRADICTED_BY_CONTEXT",
          "scope_limitation": "Ravens can be unclean birds or narrative agents, but no invariant evil/Satan symbolism survives the canon’s positive providential uses.",
          "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-001368",
              "osis_start": "1Kgs.17.4",
              "osis_end": "1Kgs.17.6",
              "display_label": "1 Kings 17:4–6",
              "versification_system": "ENGLISH_STANDARD"
            },
            {
              "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-000624",
              "osis_start": "Luke.12.24",
              "osis_end": null,
              "display_label": "Luke 12:24",
              "versification_system": "ENGLISH_STANDARD"
            },
            {
              "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-001369",
              "osis_start": "Gen.8.7",
              "osis_end": null,
              "display_label": "Genesis 8:7",
              "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": []
            }
          ],
          "s8_wording_provenance": null
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lexeme_mappings": [],
  "canonical_relationships": [],
  "negative_guardrails": []
}