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      "title": "Matthew 1 — Genealogy of Jesus + the virgin-birth narrative"
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      "paragraphs": 48,
      "title": "Matthew 5 — Sermon on the Mount Pt I: Beatitudes, salt and light, 'not to abolish but to fulfill,' the antitheses"
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      "n": 6,
      "paragraphs": 34,
      "title": "Matthew 6 — Sermon on the Mount Pt II: alms, the Lord's Prayer, fasting, treasure in heaven, anxiety"
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      "title": "Matthew 7 — Sermon on the Mount Pt III: judgment, ask-seek-knock, the golden rule, the narrow gate, the two builders"
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      "title": "Matthew 13 — The kingdom parables: Sower (Raëlian-canon panspermia site), Tares, Mustard Seed, Leaven, Hidden Treasure, Pearl, Net"
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      "title": "Matthew 17 — The Transfiguration + the demoniac boy + the temple-tax"
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      "title": "Matthew 25 — Ten Virgins + Talents + Sheep and Goats (the final judgment)"
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      "title": "Matthew 28 — The Resurrection + the Great Commission"
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    "en": "The Gospel According to Matthew",
    "de": "Matthäus",
    "es": "Mateo",
    "fr": "Matthieu",
    "ja": "マタイによる福音書",
    "ko": "마태복음",
    "ru": "От Матфея",
    "zh": "马太福音",
    "zh-Hant": "馬太福音",
    "grc": "ΚΑΤΑ ΜΑΘΘΑΙΟΝ"
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    "en": "Wheel of Heaven Translation",
    "de": "Wheel-of-Heaven-Übersetzung",
    "es": "Traducción Wheel of Heaven",
    "fr": "Traduction Wheel of Heaven",
    "ja": "ホイール・オブ・ヘブン訳",
    "ko": "휠 오브 헤븐 번역",
    "ru": "Перевод Wheel of Heaven",
    "zh": "Wheel of Heaven 译本",
    "zh-Hant": "Wheel of Heaven 譯本"
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  "sourceCitation": "Codex Vaticanus (B/03; 4th c. CE; Vatican Library, Gr. 1209) and Codex Sinaiticus (א/01; 4th c. CE; British Library Add. 43725 + Leipzig + St. Petersburg + St. Catherine's Sinai) as primary 4th-century uncial witnesses. Cross-collated against the early papyrus witnesses: P45 Chester Beatty I (~250 CE; Dublin); P64+P67 Magdalen (late 2nd c. CE; Oxford + Barcelona); P77 (~200 CE; Oxford P.Oxy 2683 + 4405); P103 (late 2nd / early 3rd c. CE; Oxford P.Oxy 4403); P104 (~150 CE; Oxford P.Oxy 4404). Critical apparatus references: Aland, Aland, Karavidopoulos, Martini, Metzger, eds., *Novum Testamentum Graece*, 28th ed. (Nestle-Aland, Stuttgart 2012). UBS5 = Aland et al., *The Greek New Testament*, 5th ed. (United Bible Societies 2014). Holmes, M. W., ed., *The Greek New Testament: SBL Edition* (SBL 2010). THGNT = Jongkind, D., ed., *The Greek New Testament*, Tyndale House (Crossway 2017). Commentary references: Davies, W. D., and Allison, D. C., *A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the Gospel According to Saint Matthew*, 3 vols (ICC, T&T Clark 1988-1997); Luz, U., *Matthew*, 3 vols (Hermeneia, Fortress 2001-2007); France, R. T., *The Gospel of Matthew* (NICNT, Eerdmans 2007); Hagner, D. A., *Matthew*, 2 vols (WBC 33A-B, Word 1993-1995); Nolland, J., *The Gospel of Matthew* (NIGTC, Eerdmans 2005); Brown, R. E., *The Birth of the Messiah*, 2nd ed. (Anchor Bible Reference Library 1993); Levine, A.-J., and Brettler, M. Z., eds., *The Jewish Annotated New Testament*, 2nd ed. (Oxford 2017).",
  "subtitles": {
    "en": "Eight canon-cited chapters from the earliest substantial Koine Greek manuscript witnesses: Mt 1 (genealogy + virgin birth); Mt 5-7 (Sermon on the Mount); Mt 13 (kingdom parables); Mt 17 (Transfiguration); Mt 25 (final judgment); Mt 28 (Resurrection + Great Commission)"
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    "en": "An English translation of the eight Matthew chapters most heavily engaged by the Raëlian canon — produced from the earliest substantial Koine Greek manuscript witnesses (4th c. CE uncials Vaticanus and Sinaiticus, cross-collated against the 2nd-3rd c. CE papyri P45, P64+P67, P77, P103, P104). **The project's first Christian-tradition text** and **first Koine Greek source text**.\n\nThe 8 canon-cited chapters: **Mt 1** (genealogy of Jesus + the virgin-birth narrative); **Mt 5** (Sermon on the Mount Pt I: Beatitudes, salt and light, 'not to abolish but to fulfill,' the antitheses); **Mt 6** (Sermon on the Mount Pt II: alms, the Lord's Prayer, fasting, treasure in heaven, anxiety); **Mt 7** (Sermon on the Mount Pt III: judgment, ask-seek-knock, the golden rule, the narrow gate, the two builders); **Mt 13** (the kingdom parables — the Parable of the Sower is **the canon's explicit panspermia-citation site** per Raël's reading as 'life being seeded on multiple worlds'); **Mt 17** (the Transfiguration + the demoniac boy + the temple-tax); **Mt 25** (Ten Virgins + Talents + Sheep and Goats — the final-judgment chapter); **Mt 28** (the Resurrection + the Great Commission).\n\nThe **early-manuscript approach** parallels the Qur'an translation's Tübingen Ma VI 165 + Codex Parisino-petropolitanus method: source the text from the earliest substantially-complete codices (Vaticanus 4th c., Sinaiticus 4th c.), cross-collate against the earlier papyri where they preserve target verses (P104 ~150 CE is among the earliest witnesses to Matthew — earlier than both uncials by ~150-200 years), and document NA28/UBS5/SBLGNT critical-apparatus variants per verse.\n\n**Fourth canon-source-tension closure** after Shi'ur Qomah (*parasangs*), Qur'an (*inshiqāq al-qamar* + *ḥūr ʿīn*), and Exodus (pillar/parting/manna/theophany). The acknowledgment-without-endorsement framework is applied at the Mt 13 Parable-of-the-Sower panspermia-site + Mt 17 Transfiguration + Mt 28 Resurrection + Great Commission canon-engagement sites — same pattern.\n\nThe WoH-Translation produces the philologically-disciplined version with explicit operational disavowals against (a) the Raëlian-canon Mt 13 panspermia pre-resolution; (b) Christian-supersessionist readings (Mt 5:17 'not to abolish but to fulfill' must NOT be theologized into 'Old-Testament-superseded'); (c) the Isa 7:14 LXX-*parthenos* vs Hebrew *ʿalmâ* virgin-birth philological dispute preserved-not-adjudicated; (d) Sitchin/Anunnaki-engineered-spiritual-technology pre-resolution; (e) the orientalist/colonialist Great-Commission misreadings.",
    "verificationNote": "This translation is produced from a best-effort reconstruction based on the earliest substantial Koine Greek manuscript witnesses. The text is well-attested across Vaticanus + Sinaiticus + the early papyri; variants where they exist are documented per verse. Verification against the original manuscript codicology (Vatican Library Gr. 1209; British Library Add. 43725 + the Sinai/Leipzig/St. Petersburg Sinaiticus folios; Chester Beatty Library P45; Magdalen College P64; Oxford P.Oxy P77/P103/P104) is pending. The NA28/UBS5/SBLGNT/THGNT critical apparatuses are referenced for variants.",
    "lensRiskNote": "Matthew translation carries a distinctive lens-risk landscape: (a) the Raëlian-canon Mt 13 Parable-of-the-Sower panspermia-citation (Raël: 'life being seeded on multiple worlds') — major lens-risk site, acknowledgment-without-endorsement applied; (b) Christian-supersessionist readings (Mt 5:17 + the antitheses; the Sheep-and-Goats Final Judgment; Mt 28 Great Commission) — explicitly disavowed; (c) Sitchin/Anunnaki-engineered-spiritual-technology — explicitly disavowed; (d) the Isa 7:14 LXX-*parthenos* (virgin) vs Hebrew *ʿalmâ* (young woman) virgin-birth philological dispute preserved-not-adjudicated; (e) the Transfiguration NT-theological vs literal-glory crux preserved; (f) orientalist/colonialist Great-Commission misreadings. The Editor and Reviewer pipeline produces named-scholarship attributions at every claim site (Davies-Allison ICC, Luz Hermeneia, France NICNT, Hagner WBC, Nolland NIGTC, Brown Anchor, Levine-Brettler JANT)."
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