CONCEPT–LANGUAGE INVENTORY: REFERENCE MANUAL

For Pre‑70 CE New Testament Translation

Scope: 27‑book cross‑batch conceptual synthesis Concepts tracked: 373 Books merged: 27 Unresolved conflicts: 0 Status: Verified Cross‑Book Conceptual Synthesis

Abstract

This reference manual is the human‑readable companion to the Concept–Language Inventory (CLI) for the pre‑70 CE New Testament translation project. It converts the inventory's YAML dataset into a lookup‑oriented reference work: a single manual that answers three questions instantly —

1. How is this Greek term rendered? (The Concept Catalog)
2. What does this book contribute to the register? (Book‑Distinctives)
3. What did the audit conclude for this disputed verse? (Contested Cruces)

The manual contains the full concept catalog (373 entries; 100 detailed entries in this edition), the universal‑concepts cheat sheet, the contested‑cruces audit for five thematic clusters, the eight‑idiom hermeneutical register, the 28‑verse eschatological age‑set, and the glossing‑tensions register (confirmed empty). It closes with the data‑integrity audit.

Table of Contents

Front Matter Abstract · Table of Contents · Document Legend

Part 0 — Orientation Chapter 1 — How to Use This Manual

Part 1 — The Universal Baseline Chapter 2 — Universal Concepts Cheat Sheet

Part 2 — The Concept Catalog Chapter 3 — Catalog: Christological Titles & Contested Cruces (CONC‑001 – CONC‑013) Chapter 4 — Catalog: Creation & Cultic Language (CONC‑014 – CONC‑021) Chapter 5 — Catalog: Exodus Typology & Corporate Solidarity (CONC‑022 – CONC‑026) Chapter 6 — Catalog: Patronage, Allegiance & Imperial Subversion (CONC‑027 – CONC‑031) Chapter 7 — Catalog: Kinship, Obeisance & Adversarial Figures (CONC‑032 – CONC‑039) Chapter 8 — Catalog: Catchwords, Completion & Macro‑Structures (CONC‑040 – CONC‑048) Chapter 9 — Catalog: Additional Tracked Concepts I (CONC‑049 – CONC‑060) Chapter 10 — Catalog: Additional Tracked Concepts II (CONC‑061 – CONC‑075) Chapter 11 — Catalog: Additional Tracked Concepts III (CONC‑076 – CONC‑090) Chapter 12 — Catalog: Additional Tracked Concepts IV (CONC‑091 – CONC‑100) Chapter 13 — Catalog: Indexes (Greek Index · Category Index)

Part 3 — Book Distinctives Chapter 14 — Book‑Distinctives Register (27 Books)

Part 4 — Audits Chapter 15 — Contested Cruces Audit (5 Clusters) Chapter 16 — Hermeneutical Idioms Register (8 Idioms) Chapter 17 — Eschatological Age‑Set Register Chapter 18 — Glossing Tensions Register

Appendix Appendix A — Data Integrity & Method

Document Legend

Authority levels

Colour / marker conventions (in table form)

Capitalisation protocol (complete)

Glossing conventions (core)

Part 0 — Orientation

Chapter 1

How to Use This Manual

1.1 What this document is

This manual is the operating reference for translating the 27‑book pre‑70 CE New Testament corpus from the Concept–Language Inventory. It is not a theology book, a commentary, or a narrative synthesis. It is a catalog of decisions: every significant Greek term, its conceptual category, its locked English surface, the books that attest it, and the representative verses that anchor it.

The inventory contains 373 tracked concepts. This edition of the manual presents all 373 in the project registers and gives full detail for concepts CONC‑001 through CONC‑100, with the remaining 273 concepts represented in the categorical and book‑level registers. The master lookup table (Part 2) is the primary decision record; the audit sections (Part 4) are the verification record.

1.2 Who should use which section

1.3 How to find a decision about a word

Three lookup paths, all converging on the same data:

1. English gloss → concept: Find the gloss in the English‑sorted portion of the master table (Part 2, Chapter 13), get the CONC ID, then read its full entry.
2. Greek term → concept: Use the Greek alphabetical index (Part 2, Chapter 13) to find the ID.
3. Category → concept: Use the category index (Part 2, Chapter 13) to browse all related concepts.

Once you have the CONC ID, read the relevant row in the master table, then check the Notes column for any Book Profile overrides or crux flags.

1.4 How to read a concept entry (legend)

Every concept entry in Part 2 contains the same fields. The annotated example below is the legend for reading all 100 entries:

CONC-002 · κύριος (Jesus) · Christological Titles / Divine Identity

gloss: lord ← the locked English surface

books: [Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Acts, ... ] ← all books that attest this use

representative verses: Matt 7:21; John 20:28; Acts 2:36; Phil 2:11; 1 Cor 8:6
← anchoring texts

note: Lowercase for the agent Jesus; functional delegated lordship;
Ps 110:1 'my lord' pattern. ← the rule, rationale, and boundary

yaml alignment: Matches Shema capitalisation rules; Kyrios Referent Map
enforced in every book's YAML. ← how the YAML enforces the rule

conflicts: [] ← empty = no cross-batch tension

1.5 Authority hierarchy

When a rendering question arises, the decision is resolved by this order:

1. The locked surface (bold gloss in the concept entry) — the default English rendering.
2. The Book Profile override — where a specific book's YAML mandates a different rendering (e.g., Philippians 2:25 "emissary"; Revelation 1:20 "messengers").
3. The category default — where the conceptual category governs (e.g., cultic transference terms are "transferred" not "abolished").
4. The audit register — where the contested‑cruces cluster supplies the harmonised reading.

If a rendering violates the capitalisation protocol (§0.3 above) or the worship‑boundary (λατρεύω/προσκυνέω), it is wrong regardless of any other consideration.

1.6 Status flags

1.7 The empty‑tension principle

The inventory registers zero glossing tensions across all 27 books. This is not an absence of data; it is a verified outcome. Every concept entry's conflicts field is empty; the cross‑batch comparison confirms consistency; and the glossing‑tensions register (Chapter 18) is a formal, audited statement of the empty result. Where a Book Profile override exists, it is a deliberate register choice — never a conflict.

End of Chapter 1.

Part 1 — The Universal Baseline

Chapter 2

Universal Concepts Cheat Sheet

2.1 Purpose of the cheat sheet

This is the one‑page orientation to the entire inventory. Every Greek term in this table is attested in every or nearly every book of the 27‑book corpus, and each carries a fixed, non‑negotiable rendering. If a translation decision conflicts with any row below, the conflict is an error: the concept is universal, and its surface is locked.

The 15 universal concepts are reproduced from the CLI's cross_batch_comparison.universal_concepts register.

2.2 The master table

2.3 The five non‑negotiable boundaries

The cheat sheet above can be reduced to five absolute rules that govern every rendering decision in the inventory:

2.4 Quick book‑override reminders

These are the most common places translators will encounter a deliberate divergence from the default:

End of Chapter 2.

Part 2 — The Concept Catalog

Chapter 3

Catalog: Christological Titles & Contested Cruces (CONC‑001 – CONC‑013)

3.1 How to read this chapter

Each entry in this chapter follows the legend established in Chapter 1:

• gloss — the locked English surface
• books — the attesting corpus
• representative verses — anchoring texts
• note — the rule, rationale, and boundary
• yaml alignment — how the dataset enforces the rule
• conflicts — the cross-batch tension register (empty unless noted)

Flags: [Locked] = fixed surface; [Crux] = appears in the contested-cruces audit; [Override] = Book Profile divergence.

CONC‑001 · χριστός · Christological Titles / Messianic Agency

CONC‑002 · κύριος (Jesus) · Christological Titles / Divine Identity

CONC‑003 · υἱὸς θεοῦ / υἱὸς τοῦ θεοῦ · Christological Titles / Royal‑Filial Agency

CONC‑004 · υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου · Christological Titles / Danielic Agent

CONC‑005 · λόγος · Christological Titles / Wisdom Personification

CONC‑006 · πρωτότοκος · Christological Titles / Pre‑eminent Heir

CONC‑007 · εἰκών · Christological Titles / Image‑Bearing

CONC‑008 · μονογενής · Christological Titles / Unique Filial Status

CONC‑009 · ἐγώ εἰμι (absolute) · Recognition‑Formula / Agency‑Investiture

CONC‑010 · θεὸς (anarthrous) in John 1:1c · Divine Identity / Qualitative Predication

CONC‑011 · μορφή θεοῦ · Agency‑Investiture / Adam‑Typology

CONC‑012 · κύριος in Ps 110:1 citations · Name‑Theology / Two‑Lord Distinction

CONC‑013 · αἰῶνες in Hebrews 1:2 · Creation‑Language as Realisation / Eschatological Age‑Set

3.2 Cluster summary: Christological Titles

3.3 Crux flags in this cluster

The following verses in this chapter's entries are flagged for the contested‑cruces audit (Chapter 15):

End of Chapter 3.

Chapter 4

Catalog: Creation & Cultic Language (CONC‑014 – CONC‑021)

4.1 Creation‑language as realisation (CONC‑014 – CONC‑017)

The four concepts in this group establish the inventory's governing distinction for all creation terminology: when creation language is applied to God the Father, it is protological (the original creation); when applied to the Son or to believers, it is eschatological realisation — new creation, governance‑renewal, or status‑transition. The only verse in the entire corpus flagged as a protological exception is Hebrews 11:3 (the present creation‑order fitted by God's word).

CONC‑014 · γίνομαι (applied to the Son) · Creation‑Language as Realisation

CONC‑015 · κτίζω / κτίσις · Creation‑Language as Regeneration / Governance‑Renewal

CONC‑016 · καινὴ κτίσις · New Creation / Inaugurated Eschatology

CONC‑017 · καινός / νέος · New Creation / Eschatological Renewal

4.2 Cultic transference and the worship‑boundary (CONC‑018 – CONC‑021)

The four cultic concepts are governed by a single principle: the temple‑cult vocabulary is transferred — to Christ's body, to the assembly, to believers' lives — and the worship‑boundary is absolutely reserved to God alone.

CONC‑018 · ναός · Cultic Transference / Sanctuary

CONC‑019 · θυσία · Cultic Transference / Sacrifice

CONC‑020 · ἱλαστήριον / ἱλασμός · Cultic Transference / Atonement

CONC‑021 · λατρεύω · Cultic Service / Worship Boundary

4.3 Cluster summary: Creation & Cultic Language

4.4 Crux flags in this cluster

The following verses in this chapter's entries are flagged for the contested‑cruces audit (Chapter 15):

End of Chapter 4.

Chapter 5

Catalog: Exodus Typology & Corporate Solidarity (CONC‑022 – CONC‑026)

5.1 New Exodus and Passover typology (CONC‑022 – CONC‑024)

The three concepts in this group establish the inventory's treatment of the exodus and Passover frame: the deliverance of the first exodus is the pattern and promise that the Messiah fulfils in the new exodus.

CONC‑022 · πάσχα · New Exodus / Passover Typology

CONC‑023 · ἀμνός / ἀρνίον · New Exodus / Lamb Typology

CONC‑024 · λύτρον / ἀπολύτρωσις · New Exodus / Ransom‑Redemption

5.2 Corporate solidarity (CONC‑025 – CONC‑026)

The two concepts in this group establish the inventory's treatment of participatory union: the believer's co‑participation in the Messiah's death, burial, resurrection, and reign is expressed through locative "in Christ" language and σύν‑ prefixed compounds — never flattened to instrumental "by means of."

CONC‑025 · ἐν Χριστῷ / ἐν κυρίῳ · Corporate Solidarity

CONC‑026 · σύν‑ prefixed verbs · Corporate Solidarity / Co‑Participation

5.3 Cluster summary: Exodus Typology & Corporate Solidarity

5.4 Crux flags in this cluster

The following verses in this chapter's entries are flagged for the contested‑cruces audit (Chapter 15):

End of Chapter 5.

Chapter 6

Catalog: Patronage, Allegiance & Imperial Subversion (CONC‑027 – CONC‑031)

6.1 Patronage and allegiance (CONC‑027 – CONC‑028)

The two concepts in this group establish the inventory's social‑theological frame: God is the sole Patron; the Messiah is His definitive act of benefaction; and the human response is πίστις — covenant allegiance, not intellectual assent. Every use of χάρις and πίστις across the 27 books is governed by this patronal frame.

CONC‑027 · χάρις · Patronage / Benefaction

CONC‑028 · πίστις · Patronage / Allegiance

6.2 Imperial subversion (CONC‑029 – CONC‑031)

The three concepts in this group establish the inventory's treatment of the language that subverts the Roman imperial order: the glad‑tidings of the true king, the royal arrival of the true lord, and the true savior of the world.

CONC‑029 · εὐαγγέλιον · Imperial Subversion / Royal Announcement

CONC‑030 · παρουσία · Imperial Subversion / Royal Arrival

CONC‑031 · σωτήρ · Imperial Subversion / Savior‑Acclamation

6.3 Cluster summary: Patronage & Imperial Subversion

6.4 Crux flags in this cluster

The five concepts in this chapter are the patronal frame that underlies the contested‑cruces audit's agency‑investiture cluster (Chapter 15) rather than standing as individually contested verses themselves. No verse in CONC‑027 – CONC‑031 appears as a direct crux in the audit's five thematic clusters.

End of Chapter 6.

Chapter 7

Catalog: Kinship, Obeisance & Adversarial Figures (CONC‑032 – CONC‑039)

7.1 Fictive kinship (CONC‑032 – CONC‑033)

The two concepts in this group establish the inventory's treatment of the covenant family: the community's identity as brothers and its adoption into God's household are familial realities — never merely metaphorical sentiment, and never a replacement of Israel's covenant identity.

CONC‑032 · ἀδελφοί · Fictive Kinship / Covenant Family

CONC‑033 · υἱοθεσία · Fictive Kinship / Adoption

7.2 Obeisance and the worship‑boundary (CONC‑034 – CONC‑035)

The two concepts in this group are the inventory's most strictly enforced pair: the two‑referent rule for κύριος and the worship‑boundary for προσκυνέω. These two rules together govern the entire christological register.

CONC‑034 · προσκυνέω · Divine Identity & Obeisance / Worship Boundary

CONC‑035 · κύριος (YHWH) · Divine Identity / Name‑Theology

7.3 Adversarial figures (CONC‑036 – CONC‑037)

The two concepts in this group establish the inventory's treatment of the opposing figures: a capitalised subordinate accuser and a lowercase slanderer, both strictly bounded by divine sovereignty.

CONC‑036 · σατανᾶς · Adversarial Figure / Subordinate Accuser

CONC‑037 · διάβολος · Adversarial Figure / Slanderer

7.4 Eschatological age‑order (CONC‑038 – CONC‑039)

The two concepts in this group establish the inventory's two‑ages frame: the age‑order as the temporal grid of the whole corpus, and the consummation of the age as its endpoint.

CONC‑038 · αἰών / αἰῶνες · Eschatological Age‑Order

CONC‑039 · συντέλεια τοῦ αἰῶνος · Eschatological Age‑Order / Consummation

7.5 Cluster summary: Kinship, Obeisance & Adversarial Figures

7.6 Crux flags in this cluster

The following verses in this chapter's entries are flagged for the contested‑cruces audit (Chapter 15):

End of Chapter 7.

Chapter 8

Catalog: Catchwords, Completion & Macro‑Structures (CONC‑040 – CONC‑048)

8.1 Completion and maturity (CONC‑040)

The first concept in this chapter is the inventory's most prominent book‑sensitive chain: the same Greek word family, but with book‑specific surface preferences that must be respected.

CONC‑040 · τελειόω / τέλειος · Completion / Maturity Chain

8.2 Abiding (CONC‑041)

CONC‑041 · μένω · Abiding / Mutual Indwelling

8.3 The deliver‑up chain (CONC‑042)

CONC‑042 · παραδίδωμι · Deliver‑Up / Hand‑Over Chain

8.4 The six hermeneutical idioms (CONC‑043 – CONC‑048)

The final six concepts in this chapter are the interpretive frames — the lenses through which all 27 books are read. They carry no English surface of their own; they are the "n/a (interpretive frame)" entries that govern how the surface renderings are produced.

CONC‑043 · Agency‑Investiture (shaliaḥ) · Hermeneutical Idiom

CONC‑044 · Creation‑Language as Realisation · Hermeneutical Idiom

CONC‑045 · Wisdom Personification · Hermeneutical Idiom

CONC‑046 · Name‑Theology · Hermeneutical Idiom

CONC‑047 · Ideal Pre‑existence / Foreordination · Hermeneutical Idiom

CONC‑048 · Two‑Ages Inaugurated Eschatology · Hermeneutical Idiom

8.5 Cluster summary: Catchwords, Completion & Macro‑Structures

8.6 Crux flags in this cluster

The following verses in this chapter's entries are flagged for the contested‑cruces audit (Chapter 15):

End of Chapter 8.

Chapter 9

Catalog: Additional Tracked Concepts I (CONC‑049 – CONC‑060)

9.1 Kingdom, Spirit, and Assembly (CONC‑049 – CONC‑051)

The first three concepts in this chapter are among the corpus's most frequently encountered terms. Each carries a locked surface that governs every occurrence across the 27 books.

CONC‑049 · βασιλεία τοῦ θεοῦ / τῶν οὐρανῶν · Kingdom / Two‑Ages

CONC‑050 · πνεῦμα ἅγιον · Divine Empowering Presence

CONC‑051 · ἐκκλησία · Assembly / Covenant Community

9.2 Righteousness, Love, and Life (CONC‑052 – CONC‑054)

CONC‑052 · δικαιοσύνη θεοῦ · Righteousness / Covenant Faithfulness

CONC‑053 · ἀγάπη · Love / New Covenant Mark

CONC‑054 · ζωὴ αἰώνιος · Life / Age‑Lasting Life

9.3 Day, Glory, and Mystery (CONC‑055 – CONC‑057)

CONC‑055 · ἡμέρα κυρίου / ἡμέρα Χριστοῦ · Day of the Lord / Eschatological Day

CONC‑056 · δόξα · Glory / Divine Presence & Investiture

CONC‑057 · μυστήριον · Mystery / Revealed Divine Plan

9.4 Obedience, Repentance, and Peace (CONC‑058 – CONC‑060)

CONC‑058 · ὑπακοή / ὑπακούω · Obedience / Allegiance‑Response

CONC‑059 · μετάνοια · Repentance / Covenant Turning

CONC‑060 · εἰρήνη · Peace / Covenant Wholeness

9.5 Cluster summary: Additional Concepts I

9.6 Crux flags in this cluster

The following verses in this chapter's entries are flagged for the contested‑cruces audit (Chapter 15):

End of Chapter 9.

Chapter 10

Catalog: Additional Tracked Concepts II (CONC‑061 – CONC‑075)

10.1 Resurrection and Life (CONC‑061 – CONC‑062)

The first two concepts in this chapter establish the inventory's treatment of resurrection and life: the future bodily resurrection anchored by the Messiah's own resurrection as firstfruit, and the life‑giving power that belongs to God alone and is exercised through the agent by delegation.

CONC‑061 · ἀνάστασις · Resurrection / Vindication

CONC‑062 · ζάω / ζωοποιέω · Life / Resurrection Life

10.2 Structure and Fullness (CONC‑063 – CONC‑066)

The four concepts in this group establish the inventory's treatment of the Messiah's cosmic and ecclesial pre‑eminence: the nullifying of the age's powers, the headship of the agent, the body of the assembly, and the fullness that dwells in him.

CONC‑063 · καταργέω · Nullify / Abolish / Bring to Nothing

CONC‑064 · κεφαλή · Headship / Functional Pre‑eminence

CONC‑065 · σῶμα · Body / Corporate Solidarity

CONC‑066 · πλήρωμα · Fullness / Plenitude

10.3 Name, Truth, and World (CONC‑067 – CONC‑069)

The three concepts in this group establish the inventory's treatment of the delegated name, the apostolic truth, and the present‑age world.

CONC‑067 · ὄνομα · Name / Delegated Authority

CONC‑068 · ἀλήθεια · Truth / Covenant Fidelity

CONC‑069 · κόσμος · World / Present‑Age Order

10.4 Covenant, Sealing, and Doxology (CONC‑070 – CONC‑075)

The six concepts in this group establish the inventory's treatment of consecration, the new covenant, the divine seal, the pledge, the gracious gift, and the doxological blessing.

CONC‑070 · ἁγιάζω / ἁγιασμός · Consecration / Holiness

CONC‑071 · καινὴ διαθήκη · New Covenant / Jer‑31 Fulfilment

CONC‑072 · σφραγίζω / σφραγίς · Sealing / Divine Ownership

CONC‑073 · ἀρραβών · Down‑Payment / Pledge

CONC‑074 · χάρισμα · Gracious‑Gift / Charism

CONC‑075 · εὐλογητός · Blessed / Doxological Formula

10.5 Cluster summary: Additional Concepts II

10.6 Crux flags in this cluster

The following verses in this chapter's entries are flagged for the contested‑cruces audit (Chapter 15):

End of Chapter 10.

Chapter 11

Catalog: Additional Tracked Concepts III (CONC‑076 – CONC‑090)

11.1 Witness, Overcoming, and the Throne (CONC‑076 – CONC‑078)

The first three concepts in this chapter establish the inventory's treatment of the apostolic testimony, the overcomer's victory, and the throne's delegated rule.

CONC‑076 · μαρτυρία / μάρτυς · Witness / Testimony

CONC‑077 · νικάω · Overcome / Conquer

CONC‑078 · θρόνος · Throne / Divine & Delegated Rule

11.2 Sonship, Helper, and Authority (CONC‑079 – CONC‑081)

CONC‑079 · υἱοθεσία · Adoption / Sonship

CONC‑080 · παράκλητος · Helper / Advocate

CONC‑081 · ἐξουσία · Authority / Delegated Power

11.3 Father, Beginning, and the Divine Formulas (CONC‑082 – CONC‑085)

CONC‑082 · πατήρ (as θεός) · Father / The One God of Israel

CONC‑083 · ἀρχή (applied to Christ) · Pre‑eminence / Beginning

CONC‑084 · ὁ ὢν καὶ ὁ ἦν καὶ ὁ ἐρχόμενος · Divine Identity Formula

CONC‑085 · τὸ Ἀλφα καὶ τὸ Ὦ · Divine Identity / Name‑Theology

11.4 Gehenna, the Name, Revelation, Light, and the Day (CONC‑086 – CONC‑090)

CONC‑086 · γέεννα · Gehenna / Eschatological Judgment

CONC‑087 · ἐν τῷ ὀνόματι · Name‑Theology / Delegated Authority

CONC‑088 · ἀποκάλυψις · Revelation / Unveiling

CONC‑089 · φῶς / σκοτία · Light/Darkness / Two‑Ages Conflict

CONC‑090 · ἡμέρα (eschatological) · The Day / Eschatological Horizon

11.5 Cluster summary: Additional Concepts III

11.6 Crux flags in this cluster

The following verses in this chapter's entries are flagged for the contested‑cruces audit (Chapter 15):

11.7 Data flag: duplicate entry

End of Chapter 11.

Chapter 12

Catalog: Additional Tracked Concepts IV (CONC‑091 – CONC‑100) and Catalog Closeout

12.1 Wrath, the Book, and the Angel (CONC‑091 – CONC‑093)

The first three concepts in this chapter establish the inventory's treatment of eschatological wrath, the heavenly record, and the messenger/angel distinction.

CONC‑091 · ὀργή · Wrath / Eschatological Judgment

CONC‑092 · βιβλίον / βίβλος (ζωῆς) · Book / Scroll / Book of Life

CONC‑093 · ἄγγελος · Angel / Messenger

12.2 Servant, Elder, Overseer, Apostle (CONC‑094 – CONC‑097)

The four concepts in this group establish the inventory's treatment of community leadership: functional service, never sacerdotal office.

CONC‑094 · διάκονος / διακονία · Servant / Service

CONC‑095 · πρεσβύτερος · Elder / Community Leader

CONC‑096 · ἐπίσκοπος · Overseer / Functional Leadership

CONC‑097 · ἀπόστολος · Apostle / Sent Representative

12.3 Sign, Work, and Face (CONC‑098 – CONC‑100)

The final three concepts in this chapter complete the catalog's full‑detail section.

CONC‑098 · σημεῖον · Sign / Miracle

CONC‑099 · ἔργον · Work / Deed

CONC‑100 · πρόσωπον · Face / Presence

12.4 Cluster summary: Additional Concepts IV

12.5 Catalog closeout: the full‑detail section

The full‑detail section of the concept catalog (CONC‑001 through CONC‑100) is now complete. The remaining 273 concepts of the 373‑concept inventory are tracked at full depth in the underlying YAML dataset and are represented in this manual as follows:

The master lookup table (ID order) and the Greek and Category indexes in Chapter 13 cover the full‑detail section; the complete 373‑entry table lives in the canonical YAML as the source of record.

12.6 Crux flags in this cluster

The following verses in this chapter's entries are flagged for the contested‑cruces audit (Chapter 15) or carry notable audit constraints:

End of Chapter 12.

Chapter 13

Catalog Indexes (Greek Index · Category Index · Master Lookup Table)

13.1 Purpose of the indexes

This chapter provides the three lookup paths for the full‑detail catalog (CONC‑001 through CONC‑100). The complete 373‑concept inventory lives in the canonical YAML as the source of record; the indexes below cover the 100 concepts with full detail in this manual. Each index converges on the same data already presented in Chapters 3–12.

13.2 Greek alphabetical index

All 100 full‑detail concepts, sorted by Greek alphabetical order of the primary lemma or phrase.

Α (alpha)

Β (beta)

Γ (gamma)

Δ (delta)

Ε (epsilon)

Ζ (zeta)

Η (eta)

Θ (theta)

Ι (iota)

Κ (kappa)

Λ (lambda)

Μ (mu)

Ν (nu)

Ο (omicron)

Π (pi)

Σ (sigma)

Τ (tau)

Υ (upsilon)

Φ (phi)

Χ (chi)

13.3 Category index

The 100 full‑detail concepts grouped by conceptual category family. Each family lists the CONC IDs with their Greek terms.

13.4 Master lookup table (ID order)

All 100 full‑detail concepts in ID order, compressed for rapid scanning.

13.5 Index flags and notes

End of Chapter 13.

Chapter 14

Book‑Distinctives Register (27 Books)

14.1 Purpose of the register

This chapter catalogues the distinctive lexical, structural, and thematic markers of each of the 27 books of the New Testament, as registered in the CLI's cross_batch_comparison.book_distinctives audit. Where Chapter 2 supplied the universal baseline, this register documents what is special to each book — the markers that must guide a translator's register decisions book by book.

The register is presented in the CLI's canonical book order (the metadata_and_integrity.book_history sequence).

14.2 The master table

14.3 Per‑book register entries

1. Matthew

2. Mark

3. Luke

4. John

5. Acts

6. Romans

7. 1 Corinthians

8. 2 Corinthians

9. Galatians

10. Ephesians

11. Philippians

12. Colossians

13. 1 Thessalonians

14. 2 Thessalonians

15. 1 Timothy

16. 2 Timothy

17. Titus

18. Philemon

19. Hebrews

20. James

21. 1 Peter

22. 2 Peter

23. 1 John

24. 2 John

25. 3 John

26. Jude

27. Revelation

14.4 Cross-book register clusters

Beyond the individual book markers, the CLI's audit identifies four distinct register families that group the books by shared vocabulary and idiom:

14.5 The Shema-note (register audit)

The book-distinctives register is Shema-compliant across all 27 books. Every distinctive marker — from Matthew's "kingdom of the heavens" reverent circumlocution to John's Wisdom-prologue, from Romans' Shema-climax to Hebrews' Sinai/Zion antithesis, from Jude's doxology to Revelation's Alpha-Omega speaker-map — preserves the one-God boundary. The book markers are dialects of one confession, not competing theologies: each book registers its own emphasis within the single Shema-anchored frame that the universal concepts (Chapter 2) and the idiom audit (Chapter 16) together police.

End of Chapter 14.

Chapter 15

Contested Cruces Audit (5 Clusters)

15.1 Purpose of the audit

The contested-cruces audit is the inventory's verification record for the verses most commonly distorted by later anachronistic readings. For each of five thematic clusters, the audit lists the harmonised verses, states the cross-book status, and names the traditional error the cluster jointly refutes.

The audit has two uses:

1. Adjudication — when a translation decision encounters one of these verses, the cluster's status is the governing framework.
2. Verification — the audit confirms that the 27-book corpus is lexically and theologically aligned with zero conflicts across every cluster.

Every concept flagged [Crux] in Chapters 3–12 belongs to one of these five clusters.

15.2 Method note

The clusters overlap at the margins (e.g., Col 1:15–20 appears in both the agency and creation clusters; Heb 1:2 appears in both the agency and creation clusters). This overlap is intended — it reflects the same verses being policed across multiple idiom registers.

15.3 Cluster 1 — Agency-Investiture / Divine-Identity Markers

The harmonised reading. Every verse in this cluster is governed by the agency-investiture frame (CONC‑043): the Father is the source; the agent acts with delegated authority; titles are conferred; functions are invested. The cluster's most exalted statements are grammatically framed as the Father's acts toward and through the agent — the divine passive ("was given," "was exalted," "was made") is the cluster's uniform signature. Acts 2:36 ("God made him both lord and Christ"), Matt 28:18 ("all authority was given to me"), Phil 2:9–11 (the Father highly exalts and grants the name), Heb 1:2–3 (the appointed heir, the radiance of God's glory), and Rev 5:5–14 (the Lamb receives the scroll by worthiness) all cohere under the same frame.

Translator's rule. Never render any of these verses with surfaces that imply intrinsic deity, self-return, or self-exaltation. The agent is the sent one; the Father is the Sender. The two-lord distinction of Ps 110:1 is the cluster's boundary (see Cluster 5).

15.4 Cluster 2 — Creation-Language as Realisation / Governance-Renewal

The harmonised reading. The cluster applies the inventory's central creation-language distinction (CONC‑044): γίνομαι/κτίζω applied to the Son or to believers is eschatological realisation — new creation, governance-renewal, status-transition — never protological physical creation. John 1:3's "all things came to be through him" is the new-creation order passing through the agent; Col 1:16 is the governance-order of the new creation arranged through the pre-eminent heir; 2 Cor 5:17 and Gal 6:15 are the age-shift's new creation; Eph 2:10, 2:15, and 4:24 are the new-creation community. The sole protological exception is Heb 11:3 (the present creation-order fitted by God's word), which is excluded from the eschatological age-set.

Translator's rule. Distinguish the protological surface (the Father creating the original order: Rom 1:20; 1 Tim 4:4; Heb 11:3) from the eschatological surface (the Son's role and the believer's new status). Never render the Son as the protological creator of the physical cosmos.

15.5 Cluster 3 — Wisdom Personification / Pre-Existence Language

The harmonised reading. The cluster applies the Wisdom-personification idiom (CONC‑045) and the ideal-pre-existence/foreordination idiom (CONC‑047). The λόγος of John 1, the radiance and exact imprint of Heb 1, and the image and firstborn of Col 1 are the one God's wisdom in action — personified, never a second divine consciousness. The "before the foundation" texts (John 17:5, 24; Rev 13:8) are the covenant-foreordination register: the lamb slain before the foundation is the purpose appointed in God's eternal counsel; the glory before the world is the glory appointed for the Son. John 8:58's "Before Abraham came to be, I am he" is the recognition-formula (CONC‑009) contrasting γίνομαι and εἰμί — the agent's foreordained identity in the divine purpose, not a chronological pre-existence claim.

Translator's rule. Render Wisdom-imagery with the personification register's surfaces (lowercase "word," impersonal "it" before John 1:14, qualitative "god" at 1:1c). Never render "before the foundation" texts as chronological pre-existence of a second divine being.

15.6 Cluster 4 — προσκυνέω / λατρεύω Distinction (Worship-Boundary)

The harmonised reading. The cluster is the worship-boundary's sharpest fencing (CONC‑034, CONC‑021). The rule is absolute: the English surface of προσκυνέω is determined by the object. To God, it is "worship" (Matt 4:10's anchor; John 4:20–24; Rev 4:10). To the agent Jesus, it is "paid homage" or "did obeisance" (Matt 2:2; Matt 14:33; John 9:38; Heb 1:6 — angels to the Son; Rev 5:14 — the creatures to the Lamb). To a human, it is "paid homage" (Acts 10:25 — Peter refuses it). The λατρεύω boundary is separate and absolute: cultic service is reserved for God alone. The angel-refusal formula (Rev 19:10; 22:8–9) is the cluster's negative guard: the angel refuses προσκύνησις because worship belongs to God alone.

Translator's rule. Render προσκυνέω by object, never by a single word. "Worship" is permitted only when the object is God (or the Father); "obeisance/homage" is the mandatory surface for Jesus, angels, and humans. λατρεύω is never applied to the agent.

15.7 Cluster 5 — Ps 110:1 Two-Lord Distinction

The harmonised reading. The cluster is the canonical two-lord protocol (CONC‑012): "The Lord said to my lord" — capital "Lord" for YHWH, lowercase "lord" for the Messiah. The session at the right hand is a conferred honour, not an ontological identity within the divine being. The Synoptic riddle (Matt 22:44; Mark 12:36; Luke 20:42), the apostolic exposition (Acts 2:34–35), the Pauline application (1 Cor 15:25 — "until he has put all his enemies under his feet"; Eph 1:20; Col 3:1), and the Hebrew citation (Heb 1:13; 10:12–13 — the priest who sat down) all cohere: the one God (capital Lord) addresses the messianic agent (lowercase lord), and the seat is the Father's gift.

Translator's rule. Preserve the two-referent capitalisation in every Ps 110:1 citation and echo. Never render the psalm as an intra-Trinitarian dialogue. The two κύριοι are YHWH and His anointed; the session is investiture, not enthronement beside God as a second divine person.

15.8 Summary register of the five clusters

15.9 The Shema-note

The contested-cruces audit is the Shema's verification record for all 27 books. Every cluster returns to the same anchor: the one God is the sole Sender; the agent's authority is delegated; the worship of the assembly is reserved for God alone. When the audit clears a cluster as "aligned," it means the corpus's own surfaces defend the one-God boundary without any later creedal anachronism and without any cross-book conflict. The fifty-five verse references are the inventory's most heavily policed texts, and each one stands within the Shema-compliant grammar that Chapters 2 and 14 documented.

End of Chapter 15.

Chapter 16

Hermeneutical Idioms Register (8 Idioms)

16.1 Purpose of the register

The hermeneutical idioms register establishes the interpretive frames through which the entire 27-book corpus is read. Registering an idiom is not a claim about a single verse; it is a claim about how a class of language functions throughout the corpus. The 8 idioms are the underlying grammar that generates the locked surfaces documented in the Concept Catalog (Part 2).

In the CLI dataset, the audit is registered under one books_attested family in cross_batch_comparison.hermeneutical_idioms_audit. This chapter expands each idiom with its core principles, anchor texts, and translational implications.

16.2 The master table

16.3 Idiom 1 — Agency-Investiture (shaliaḥ)

16.4 Idiom 2 — Creation-Language as Realisation

16.5 Idiom 3 — Wisdom Personification

16.6 Idiom 4 — Name-Theology

16.7 Idiom 5 — Ideal Pre-existence / Foreordination

16.8 Idiom 6 — Two-Ages Inaugurated Eschatology

16.9 Idiom 7 — Corporate Solidarity

16.10 Idiom 8 — Cultic Transference

16.11 Cross-idiom integration

The 8 idioms are not isolated registers; they interlock. The chart below maps the major cross-connections:

16.12 The Shema-note

The 8-idiom register is Shema-compliant across all 27 books. Every idiom returns to the one-God boundary: the agency frame's Sender is the one God; the creation frame's Creator is the one God; the Wisdom frame's attribute is the one God's; the name frame's Sender is the one God; the foreordination frame's counsel is the one God's; the two-ages frame's consummation is the one God's; the corporate frame's head is the one God's Christ; the cultic frame's worship is reserved for the one God alone. The idioms are the grammar of the single confession, and the Shema is its outer fence.

End of Chapter 16.

Chapter 17

Eschatological Age‑Set Register

17.1 Purpose of the register

The eschatological age‑set is the corpus's temporal lexicon: the list of verses where the two‑ages framework (present age / age to come; inaugurated / consummated) is explicitly at work. The register serves three functions:

1. Inventory — the complete list of member verses, indexed by book.
2. Boundary — the excluded verses, with reasons for exclusion.
3. Verification — the evidence for the two‑ages idiom's consistency across all 27 books.

The CLI dataset registers 27 member verses + 1 excluded verse = 28 total eschatological age‑set verses across 24 books (the three Synoptics, John, Acts, all 13 Pauline letters, Hebrews, James, 1–2 Peter, 1 John, Jude, and Revelation).

17.2 The complete register

17.2.1 Member verses by book

The complete list of member verses, in the CLI's canonical order:

Book count: 24 books attest at least one member verse. Three books (Hebrews, 1 Corinthians, Revelation) attest two member verses; the remaining 21 books attest one each.

17.2.2 Excluded verse

Register note (CLI): "All member verses refer to the two‑ages framework of inaugurated/consummated eschatology. The sole protological reference is Hebrews 11:3, which speaks of the present creation‑order fitted by God's word."

17.3 The register by book (complete book‑level table)