Biblical Types, Symbols & Patterns
Fig-Leaves
Claim-level biblical evidence review with contextual controls, canonical relationships, and preserved interpretive history.
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Evidence grades apply to individual claims, not to the headword as a whole. Strong biblical identification is kept separate from plausible or traditional interpretations, and unsupported proposals remain visible as negative evidence rather than being silently removed.
Fig leaves as self-made physical covering
Genesis 3:7 explicitly says the man and woman sew fig leaves together and make coverings for themselves after recognizing their nakedness.
Context control: Retain the human-made covering as explicit narrative fact; distinguish theological inference from textual statement.
Genesis 3:7 explicitly presents fig leaves as a self-made physical covering after the fall.
Grade 1: Explicit biblical interpretationScope: Retain the human-made covering as explicit narrative fact; distinguish theological inference from textual statement.
Residual uncertainty: No material residual uncertainty beyond the stated scope limitation.
Scripture
Evidence sources
- Canonical Scripture: MT/LXX/NA28 with NET/ESV comparison — Text loci verified for TSP-S0F Batch 1
Proposed self-atonement symbol
The legacy “self-atonement” reading goes beyond Genesis: the text describes self-made covering but does not call it sacrifice, expiation, propitiation, or atonement.
Context control: Permit a pastoral analogy only if clearly labeled as inference; do not publish self-atonement as established symbolism.
Scripture does not explicitly establish the fig leaves of Genesis 3:7 as a symbol of self-atonement; that theological extension exceeds the textual claim of self-made covering.
Grade 7: Insufficient biblical evidenceScope: Permit a pastoral analogy only if clearly labeled as inference; do not publish self-atonement as established symbolism.
Residual uncertainty: No material residual uncertainty beyond the stated scope limitation.
Scripture
Evidence sources
- Canonical Scripture: MT/LXX/NA28 with NET/ESV comparison — Text loci verified for TSP-S0F Batch 1
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