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  "entry_id": "TSP-ENT-000015",
  "slug": "vine",
  "url_path": "/types-symbols/vine/",
  "canonical_name": "Vine",
  "entry_classifications": [
    "METAPHOR",
    "MOTIF"
  ],
  "modules": [
    "PLANTS_AGRICULTURE",
    "PARABLES"
  ],
  "aliases": [
    {
      "alias_text": "VINE (dresser)",
      "alias_type": "POINTER"
    }
  ],
  "legacy_present": true,
  "legacy_raw_wording_public": false,
  "senses": [
    {
      "sense_id": "TSP-SNS-000029",
      "label": "Jesus the true vine, Father the vinedresser, disciples the branches",
      "classification": "METAPHOR",
      "definition": "John 15 explicitly assigns the vine, vinedresser, and branch roles.",
      "not_always": "The passage does not identify the Church itself as the vine; Jesus is the vine and his disciples are branches.",
      "scope_note": "Keep Jesus, Father, and disciples role assignments exact.",
      "claims": [
        {
          "claim_id": "TSP-CLM-000029",
          "statement": "John 15 explicitly identifies Jesus as the true vine, the Father as the vinedresser, and Jesus disciples as the branches.",
          "asserted_classifications": [
            "METAPHOR"
          ],
          "type_kinds": [],
          "evidence_grade": 1,
          "grade_basis": "G1_EXPLICIT_BIBLICAL_INTERPRETATION",
          "status": "ESTABLISHED",
          "public_wording_class": "SCRIPTURE_EXPLICITLY_IDENTIFIES",
          "scope_limitation": "The branches are Jesus disciples; the passage does not say that the Church is itself the vine.",
          "strongest_alternative_explanation": null,
          "residual_uncertainty": null,
          "theological_intersections": [
            "CHRISTOLOGY",
            "ECCLESIOLOGY",
            "PERSEVERANCE"
          ],
          "scripture_references": [
            {
              "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-000054",
              "osis_start": "John.15.1",
              "osis_end": "John.15.8",
              "display_label": "John 15:1-8",
              "versification_system": "ENGLISH_STANDARD"
            }
          ],
          "source_citations": [
            {
              "source_id": "TSP-SRC-000014",
              "author_editor": null,
              "title": "Canonical Scripture: MT/LXX/NA28 with NET/ESV comparison",
              "publication_data": "Text loci verified for TSP-S0F Batch 3",
              "locator": null,
              "verification_level": "V4_QUOTATION_VERIFIED",
              "source_function": [
                "CANONICAL_AUTHORITY",
                "TEXT_ESTABLISHMENT"
              ],
              "locator_targets": []
            },
            {
              "source_id": "TSP-SRC-000021",
              "author_editor": null,
              "title": "Exegetical Commentary on John 15",
              "publication_data": "Bible.org",
              "locator": "https://bible.org/seriespage/exegetical-commentary-john-15",
              "verification_level": "V3_CLAIM_VERIFIED",
              "source_function": [
                "SCHOLARLY_ARGUMENT"
              ],
              "locator_targets": [
                {
                  "kind": "EXTERNAL_URL",
                  "target": "https://bible.org/seriespage/exegetical-commentary-john-15"
                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "s8_wording_provenance": null
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "sense_id": "TSP-SNS-000030",
      "label": "Israel-vine canonical background and composite legacy formulation",
      "classification": "MOTIF",
      "definition": "The OT repeatedly portrays Israel as a vine or vineyard; John 15 then uses true-vine imagery for Jesus.",
      "not_always": "Israel-as-vine and Christ-as-vine are distinct contextual senses; they should not be collapsed into a single referent such as Christ-and-Church.",
      "scope_note": "Maintain Israel/Christ/disciple role distinctions and preserve the Israel-Church guardrail.",
      "claims": [
        {
          "claim_id": "TSP-CLM-000030",
          "statement": "The legacy composite must be reclassified into distinct senses: Scripture uses vine/vineyard imagery for Israel and explicitly identifies Jesus as the true vine, but John 15 assigns believers to the branches rather than identifying the Church itself as the vine.",
          "asserted_classifications": [
            "MOTIF",
            "METAPHOR"
          ],
          "type_kinds": [],
          "evidence_grade": 1,
          "grade_basis": "G1_EXPLICIT_BIBLICAL_INTERPRETATION",
          "status": "REQUIRES_RECLASSIFICATION",
          "public_wording_class": "CATEGORY_OR_RECLASSIFICATION_NOTICE",
          "scope_limitation": "Publish separate Israel-vine, Christ-true-vine, Father-vinedresser, and disciple-branch senses. Do not collapse Israel and Church or make Church the vine.",
          "strongest_alternative_explanation": "A broad canonical motif connects Israel-vine background and Jesus true-vine claim, but canonical development is not equivalent to identity of Israel, Christ, and Church.",
          "residual_uncertainty": "The precise degree to which John 15 intentionally evokes all OT Israel-vine texts can be discussed separately; the explicit role assignments are not uncertain.",
          "theological_intersections": [
            "CHRISTOLOGY",
            "ECCLESIOLOGY",
            "ISRAELOLOGY"
          ],
          "scripture_references": [
            {
              "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-000055",
              "osis_start": "Ps.80.8",
              "osis_end": "Ps.80.16",
              "display_label": "Psalm 80:8-16",
              "versification_system": "ENGLISH_STANDARD"
            },
            {
              "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-000056",
              "osis_start": "Hos.10.1",
              "osis_end": null,
              "display_label": "Hosea 10:1",
              "versification_system": "ENGLISH_STANDARD"
            },
            {
              "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-000057",
              "osis_start": "Isa.5.1",
              "osis_end": "Isa.5.7",
              "display_label": "Isaiah 5:1-7",
              "versification_system": "ENGLISH_STANDARD"
            },
            {
              "passage_ref_id": "TSP-PAS-000054",
              "osis_start": "John.15.1",
              "osis_end": "John.15.8",
              "display_label": "John 15:1-8",
              "versification_system": "ENGLISH_STANDARD"
            }
          ],
          "source_citations": [
            {
              "source_id": "TSP-SRC-000014",
              "author_editor": null,
              "title": "Canonical Scripture: MT/LXX/NA28 with NET/ESV comparison",
              "publication_data": "Text loci verified for TSP-S0F Batch 3",
              "locator": null,
              "verification_level": "V4_QUOTATION_VERIFIED",
              "source_function": [
                "CANONICAL_AUTHORITY",
                "TEXT_ESTABLISHMENT"
              ],
              "locator_targets": []
            },
            {
              "source_id": "TSP-SRC-000021",
              "author_editor": null,
              "title": "Exegetical Commentary on John 15",
              "publication_data": "Bible.org",
              "locator": "https://bible.org/seriespage/exegetical-commentary-john-15",
              "verification_level": "V3_CLAIM_VERIFIED",
              "source_function": [
                "SCHOLARLY_ARGUMENT"
              ],
              "locator_targets": [
                {
                  "kind": "EXTERNAL_URL",
                  "target": "https://bible.org/seriespage/exegetical-commentary-john-15"
                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "s8_wording_provenance": null
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lexeme_mappings": [
    {
      "lexeme_link_id": "TSP-LEX-000023",
      "language": "GREEK",
      "lemma_unicode": "ἄμπελος",
      "transliteration": "ampelos",
      "strongs_id": "G288",
      "owner_tier": "TSP_MAPPING_ONLY",
      "semantic_domain_ids": []
    },
    {
      "lexeme_link_id": "TSP-LEX-000024",
      "language": "HEBREW",
      "lemma_unicode": "גֶּפֶן",
      "transliteration": "gefen",
      "strongs_id": "H1612",
      "owner_tier": "TSP_MAPPING_ONLY",
      "semantic_domain_ids": []
    }
  ],
  "canonical_relationships": [
    {
      "canonical_relationship_id": "TSP-S6-R03-P03-REL-0114",
      "title": "Vine",
      "canonical_statement": "Confirmed in the source-supported contextual sense: John 15 explicitly identifies Jesus as the true vine, the Father as the vinedresser, and Jesus disciples as the branches.",
      "canonical_action": "PROMOTE_ADJUDICATED_P02_POSITIVE_OR_RECLASSIFIED_GROUP_AS_DISTINCT_CUMULATIVE_CLUSTER",
      "guardrails": [],
      "relationship_status": "CONFIRMED_CONTEXTUAL_RELATION"
    }
  ],
  "negative_guardrails": []
}