Doctrine Analysis

Deuteronomy — Full-Book Doctrine Analysis (Hmong Language Package)

Governing rule: This document never contradicts assets/doctrine_risk_registry.json. The eight doctrines, their risk tiers, and their review routing below are reproduced verbatim from that registry; this file adds full-book chapter coverage (Part B) and cross-doctrine risk concentration (Part C) required by PRD Phase 1 Step 4’s full-book-coverage mandate. No chapter of Deuteronomy’s 34 chapters is silently skipped — every chapter is logged in Part B, including chapters contributing no new load-bearing vocabulary, per the Romans baseline’s Part B convention (11_doctrine_analysis.md precedent) and 12_ai_translation_requirements.md §1’s system-prompt rule against silent chapter-skipping.

Part A: Doctrine Matrix (8 Doctrines, Full-Book Scope)

ID	Doctrine	Supporting Passages (Deuteronomy)	Risk	Review Routing
1	The Shema and Exclusive Love for God	4:35-39; 6:4-9; 10:12-17; 30:19-20; 32:39	Critical	Human theologian
2	Covenant Renewal	5:1-3; 27:1-8; 27:15-26; 29:1-15; 31:9-13	Critical	Human theologian
3	Blessings and Curses of the Covenant	11:26-29; 27:15-26; 28:1-14; 28:15-68	Critical	Human theologian
4	Remembering God’s Redemption	5:15; 6:20-25; 8:2-18; 15:12-15; 16:1-8; 24:17-22; 26:5-10	High	Human theologian
5	Obedience Motivated by Love not Merit	6:5; 7:6-11; 10:12-16; 30:6	Critical	Human theologian
6	The Coming Prophet like Moses	13:1-5; 18:15-22; 34:9-10	High	Human theologian
7	Choosing Life over Death	11:26-28; 28:1-68; 30:15-20	High	Human theologian
8	Warnings against Idolatry	4:15-28; 5:7-10; 7:1-5; 7:25-26; 9:6-21; 12:1-4; 12:29-31; 13:1-18; 16:21-22; 17:2-7; 27:15; 29:16-18; 32:16-21	Critical	Human theologian

Tier summary (matches registry exactly): 5 Critical (1, 2, 3, 5, 8), 3 High (4, 6, 7), 0 Medium/Low doctrines. As with the Romans baseline, every doctrine in this Language Package requires human theologian review — there is no automated-review-eligible doctrine.

Doctrine 1 — The Shema and Exclusive Love for God (Critical)

Translation risk (reproduced from registry): The Shema’s climactic claim, “Yawmsaub yog peb tus Vajtswv, Yawmsaub tib leeg xwb,” depends on “tib leeg” being heard as absolute exclusivity, not mere numerical singularity, against a populated Hmong spirit-pantheon. Key glossary terms: D1 (Yawmsaub), D5 (Mloog/Shema), D6 (tib leeg xwb), D7 (kev hlub), D8 (lub siab), D9 (tus ntsuj plig), D10 (lub zog), D11 (hwm thiab ntshai Yawmsaub). Core passage note: Deuteronomy 6:1-9 is the theological anchor for the entire curriculum; D5-D11 are all load-bearing at this single text and must be rendered with zero drift across every lesson.

Doctrine 2 — Covenant Renewal (Critical)

Translation risk: “Kev cog lus (ntawm Yawmsaub)” names a ceremonially-ratified, sanction-bearing relationship that surface-parallels Hmong blood-oath/clan-pact ritual; must always carry the divine-name qualifier and explicit unilateral-grace-initiation teaching. Key glossary terms: D14 (kev cog lus), D15 (raug foom), D16 (kev nyeem Txoj Kevcai), D17 (tej uas zais cia).

Doctrine 3 — Blessings and Curses of the Covenant (Critical)

Translation risk: “Koob hmoov” (blessing) is lexically correct per the baseline’s own reservation of that word for material blessing, but ch.28’s obey→blessed structure risks reinforcing ritual-correctness-earns-fortune theology; “foom”-vocabulary for curse collides with actively-feared Hmong ritual-curse category remediable only by counter-ritual in folk practice. Key glossary terms: D18 (koob hmoov), D19 (lus foom tsis zoo / kev raug foom), D42 (raug foom tsis zoo ntawm Vajtswv, ch.21).

Doctrine 4 — Remembering God’s Redemption (High)

Translation risk: “Nco ntsoov” (remember) must function as active, obedience-shaping memory, and “tsis nco qab” (forget) must specifically name forgetting YHWH-as-Redeemer, not generic forgetfulness, or the ethical commands (Sabbath, debt release, sojourner-care, firstfruits confession) collapse into disconnected legalism. Key glossary terms: D20 (nco ntsoov), D21 (tsis nco qab), D22 (kev txhiv), D23 (Kevcai Hla Dhau), D24 (thawj phaus qoob loo), D25 (Hnub Xanpateb), D26 (kev tso tseg).

Doctrine 5 — Obedience Motivated by Love not Merit (Critical)

Translation risk: 7:6-8’s election-by-prior-love ground-text requires the mandatory volitional-choice clause from the baseline’s election_choose entry to prevent collapse into hmoov vocabulary; 30:6’s divine heart-circumcision promise must not be severed from 10:16’s command, or obedience reverts to appearing self-generated and ch.28’s blessings become the earned payoff. Key glossary terms: D27 (haiv neeg raug xaiv cia ua tug), D28 (kev txiav siab rau Yawmsaub — command), D29 (Yawmsaub yuav txiav koj lub siab — promise), D30 (qhia thiab qhia dua tsis tu ncua), D31 (txo hwjchim / txo siab).

Doctrine 6 — The Coming Prophet like Moses (High)

Translation risk: “Tus yaj saub” is not a neutral coinage; “Yaj Saub” names a specific Hmong ethno-messianic folklore figure tied to 20th-century millenarian/political-messianic movements. Without dedicated contrast-teaching, hearers may assimilate the biblical prophetic office (and its Christological fulfillment) into the pre-existing folk-messianic narrative. Key glossary terms: D32 (tus yaj saub), D33 (tus yaj saub cuav), D34 (tej cim tseem ceeb thiab tej txuj ci tsim nyog).

Doctrine 7 — Choosing Life over Death (High)

Translation risk: “Chayim” (life) in 30:15-20 names covenantal, this-age flourishing in the land, not the NT’s zōē aiōnios already fixed in the Romans baseline; the base rendering “txoj sia” must not be silently upgraded to the eternal-life phrase, and the choice-structure must not be read as a self-empowered ritual choice triggering fortune. Key glossary terms: D35 (txoj sia), D36 (txoj kev tuag — TM inherited).

Doctrine 8 — Warnings against Idolatry (Critical)

Translation risk: Unlike Romans’ retrospective condemnation of Gentile idolatry, Deuteronomy issues a direct, first-person covenant-making prohibition whose concrete referents (carved images, hilltop shrines) closely parallel currently-practiced Hmong household/clan spirit-images and altars; YHWH’s self-description as “jealous” risks being heard as capricious, appeasement-requiring spirit-anger. This is the single highest-collision-risk doctrine in the book. Key glossary terms: D4/D41 (Vajtswv uas khib heev), D37 (dab mlom), D38 (thaj chaw teev dab), D39 (khoom xyeem rau Yawmsaub), D40 (kev muab puas tsuaj tag nrho raws li Vajtswv txib).

Part B: Chapter-by-Chapter Coverage Log (Full Book, Chapters 1–34)

Per the full-book-coverage mandate, every chapter is logged below. Chapters contributing no new load-bearing terms/doctrines are explicitly marked “Reviewed — no new load-bearing content” rather than omitted.

Ch.	Content Summary	Doctrine(s) Touched	Key Terms / Glossary Refs	Coverage Note
1	Historical review: spies, journey from Horeb, appointment of judges	4 (background), 8 (background)	D44 (impartiality), D43 (heir/inheritance)	Reviewed — reuses baseline/TM terms only; no new Critical/High term surfaced.
2	Journey through Edom, Moab, Ammon; historical itinerary	—	—	Reviewed — no new load-bearing content. Pure historical-narrative recap; no doctrinal or glossary term newly surfaced.
3	Defeat of Og; land allotment to Reuben, Gad, Manasseh; Moses forbidden to cross Jordan	— (background to Doctrine 6/7 land-inheritance theme)	D43 (heir/inheritance)	Reviewed — reuses D43 only; logged for completeness.
4	Exhortation to obey; no idols; YHWH’s uniqueness (“Yawmsaub yog Vajtswv, tsis muaj lwm tus,” 4:35-39); jealous God; cities of refuge (Transjordan)	1 (Shema-adjacent uniqueness claim), 8 (idolatry)	D1, D4/D41 (jealous God), D37 (dab mlom)	Load-bearing — pre-Shema uniqueness statement; must be taught as doctrinal companion to 6:4.
5	Ten Commandments restated at Horeb; Sabbath motive-clause tied to Exodus redemption; covenant context	2 (covenant), 4 (redemption memory), 8 (idolatry, 5:7-10)	D14 (kev cog lus), D25 (Hnub Xanpateb), D37	Load-bearing — Sabbath’s redemption-memory motive clause (5:15) is a primary Doctrine 4 proof text.
6	The Shema; total love command; teach diligently; frontlets/doorposts; remember redemption when entering the land	1 (core anchor), 4, 5	D5–D11 (all), D30	Theological anchor chapter — Deuteronomy 6:1-9 is the curriculum’s core passage. Every term in D5-D11 is maximally load-bearing here.
7	Election as treasured possession; destroy Canaanite idols; ban on intermarriage; cherem warfare instructions	5 (election-by-love), 8 (idolatry)	D27, D37, D40	Load-bearing — 7:6-8 is the ground-text for Doctrine 5.
8	Remember the LORD; wilderness testing/humbling; warning against forgetting God in prosperity	4 (remember/forget), 5 (humbling as formative testing)	D20, D21, D31	Load-bearing — pairs remembering (D20) with forgetting (D21) as structural antithesis.
9	Golden calf history; Israel’s stubbornness; Moses’ intercession	2 (covenant breach/renewal), 8 (idolatry)	D45 (lub siab tawv), D37	Load-bearing — historical case study for both covenant-breach and idolatry doctrines.
10	Second tablets; command to circumcise the heart; love the sojourner; fear the LORD; impartiality of God	5 (heart-circumcision command), 1 (fear the LORD)	D28, D11, D44	Load-bearing — 10:16 is the paired command-text for 30:6’s promise (D29); both must be taught together per Doctrine 5’s translation risk.
11	Blessings and curses set before the people; teach diligently to children; obedience and the land	3 (blessing/curse framework introduced), 5	D18, D19, D30	Load-bearing — first formal statement of the blessing/curse structure later developed in ch.27-28.
12	Centralization of worship; destruction of high places; regulated sacrifice; warning against Canaanite worship practices	8 (idolatry — high places, sacrifice)	D38, D39	Load-bearing — D38/D39 both carry Critical/High risk given close parallel to actual Hmong altar/offering practice.
13	Test for false prophets; signs and wonders not self-authenticating; penalty for incitement to idolatry	6 (false prophet contrast), 8 (idolatry)	D33, D34, D37	Load-bearing — establishes the “cuav” (false) qualifier discipline central to Doctrine 6.
14	Clean/unclean animals; dietary regulations; tithe instructions	—	(background to D39 tithe-economy)	Reviewed — comprehension-level dietary/tithe material; no new Critical/High term; connects loosely to Doctrine 4’s firstfruits/tithe theme but adds no new risk.
15	Sabbatical release of debts and slaves; care for the poor; redemption-memory motive	4 (remember you were slaves)	D26	Load-bearing — reinforces Doctrine 4’s ethics-flow-from-redemption-memory argument.
16	Passover, Feast of Weeks, Feast of Booths; appointment of judges; prohibition of sacred poles/pillars	4 (Passover as redemption-memory festival), 8 (idolatry, 16:21-22)	D23, D37/D38	Load-bearing — Passover (D23) is the paradigmatic remembering-ritual for Doctrine 4.
17	Judicial procedure; role of witnesses; law of the king	— (background to Doctrine 6 — office-of-authority parallel)	D46, D50	Reviewed — establishes D50 (king/governing-authority analogue); logged, no Critical/High risk beyond existing entries.
18	Levitical priestly portion; prohibition of divination/mediums; the Prophet like Moses	6 (core anchor), 8 (idolatry-adjacent divination)	D32	Load-bearing — 18:15-22 is the primary proof text for Doctrine 6. Note: 18:9-14’s prohibition of mediums/divination directly parallels the Hmong txiv neeb (shaman) role and should be cross-flagged with Doctrine 8 for future TM-revision, though it is logged here under its primary doctrine per the registry.
19	Cities of refuge; witness requirements; boundary-marker law	—	D51, D46	Reviewed — reuses established terms (D46) plus one new procedural term (D51); no new Critical/High risk.
20	Rules of warfare; exemptions from battle; cherem instructions for Canaanite cities	8 (cherem/devote-to-destruction)	D40	Load-bearing — parallels ch.7’s cherem material; requires the same bounded-historical-act teaching note.
21	Law of the hanged body (“cursed of God”); captive women; inheritance rights of firstborn; rebellious son	3 (curse vocabulary), 8 (cross-reference)	D42	Load-bearing — 21:22-23’s “cursed of God” (D42) carries forward cross-book significance (cf. Galatians 3:13, logged for future cross-book TM-revision, consistent with the glossary’s D42 note).
22	Assorted civil/ritual laws (property return, mixed materials, marital purity)	—	—	Reviewed — no new load-bearing content. Miscellaneous casuistic law; no Critical/High term surfaces.
23	Assembly exclusions; vows; loan regulations; camp purity	—	—	Reviewed — no new load-bearing content.
24	Divorce regulation; gleaning provisions for the poor/sojourner/widow; remember redemption from Egypt (24:18, 22)	4 (remember redemption in social-justice ethics)	D20, D22	Load-bearing — reinforces Doctrine 4’s redemption-memory-drives-ethics pattern in a new (social-justice) context.
25	Levirate marriage; just weights and measures; corporal punishment limits	—	—	Reviewed — no new load-bearing content beyond baseline `impartiality`-adjacent fairness ethic already logged at D44.
26	Firstfruits confession liturgy; tithe declaration; covenant-identity summary recitation	4 (firstfruits/redemption confession), 5	D24	Load-bearing — the firstfruits confession (26:5-10) is a compact creedal summary of God’s redemptive acts, directly reinforcing Doctrine 4.
27	Covenant renewal ceremony at Shechem; altar of uncut stones; the twelve curses recited	2 (core anchor), 3 (curse liturgy), 8 (idolatry, 27:15)	D14, D15, D18, D19, D37	Load-bearing — primary liturgical enactment of both covenant renewal and the curse half of Doctrine 3.
28	Extensive blessings (28:1-14) and curses (28:15-68) for obedience/disobedience	3 (core anchor), 7 (choice-consequence backdrop)	D18, D19	Load-bearing — the single most extensive blessing/curse text in the book; highest-density occurrence of the Critical `koob hmoov`/`foom` collision risk.
29	Covenant renewal address in Moab; hidden things belong to the LORD; warning against idolatrous “root” among the people	2, 8	D17, D37	Load-bearing — 29:1-15 is a core covenant-renewal proof text; 29:16-18 reinforces idolatry warnings.
30	Choose life or death; future promise of divine heart-circumcision; call to return	7 (core anchor), 5 (heart-circumcision promise, core anchor)	D29, D35, D36	Load-bearing — 30:6 and 30:15-20 are primary proof texts for Doctrines 5 and 7 respectively; this chapter carries the highest concentration of cross-doctrine risk in the second half of the book.
31	Moses commissions Joshua; command for public reading of the Law every seven years; song commanded as future witness	2 (public covenant-transmission ritual)	D16	Load-bearing (partial) — establishes intergenerational transmission theme; no wholly new Critical/High term beyond D16.
32	Song of Moses: the Rock, no-gods, YHWH’s jealousy, Israel’s apostasy and future vindication	1 (the Rock as divine title), 8 (idolatry, “no-gods”)	D12, D13, D4/D41	Load-bearing — poetic restatement of Doctrines 1 and 8; D12 (the Rock) requires disambiguation from the baseline’s negative-valence `stumbling_block` “pob zeb” entry.
33	Moses’ blessing of the twelve tribes; tribal inheritance allotments	—	D43	Reviewed — reuses D43 (heir/inheritance) only; no new Critical/High term.
34	Death of Moses; Joshua filled with the spirit of wisdom; note on Moses as unequaled prophet	6 (retrospective framing)	D49 (ntsuj plig, non-”Vaj”-prefixed), D32 (cross-reference)	Load-bearing — 34:9-10 closes the book’s prophetic-office theme (Doctrine 6) and reuses the baseline’s anthropological `human_spirit_soul` entry correctly (Joshua’s spirit, not the Holy Spirit).

Chapters explicitly logged as “Reviewed — no new load-bearing content”: 2, 22, 23, 25 (fully thin); 3, 14, 17, 19, 31, 33 (partial — reuse existing terms only, no new Critical/High risk). This satisfies the full-book-coverage mandate: no chapter of Deuteronomy’s 34 chapters is silently omitted.

Part C: Cross-Doctrine Risk Concentration Summary

Chapter cluster	Doctrines converging	Why concentration matters
6:1-9 (core passage)	1, 4, 5	Highest-density single passage in the curriculum; D5-D11 all load-bearing simultaneously; any drift here propagates through every downstream lesson referencing the Shema.
7	5, 8	Election-by-love (D27) sits directly beside cherem warfare instructions (D40); translators must not let the certainty of ch.7’s harsh warfare material bleed backward into a merit-based reading of election.
27-28	2, 3, 8	The single largest concentration of Critical-tier vocabulary in the book (D14, D15, D18, D19, D37) occurs across these two chapters; this is the highest-priority human-theologian-review zone in the entire Language Package.
30	5, 7	30:6 (heart-circumcision promise) and 30:15-20 (choose life) are structurally paired; separating them in curriculum sequencing risks exactly the merit-based misreading Doctrine 5’s registry entry warns against.
12-13, 18	6, 8	False-prophet testing (13, 18) sits adjacent to centralized-worship/idolatry material (12); the txiv neeb (shaman/medium) collision surfaces at both 13:1-5 and 18:9-14, reinforcing the need for a single, consistent contrast-teaching module rather than two disconnected footnotes.

Part D: Escalation Summary

Consistent with assets/doctrine_risk_registry.json’s routing rule and 12_ai_translation_requirements.md §9’s escalation table:

All 8 doctrines route to human theologian review before publication — 5 Critical (1, 2, 3, 5, 8) with zero automated-review bypass, and 3 High (4, 6, 7) also requiring human theologian review (not merely native-speaker review) because each carries a named, specific collision risk (spirit-pantheon assimilation, blood-oath ritual logic, fortune/curse ritual systems, ancestor-memory ritual assimilation, Yaj Saub folklore, karma/rebirth misreading, animistic altar/image practice) rather than a generic comprehension gap.
No Medium or Low-tier doctrine exists in this Language Package, mirroring the Romans baseline’s finding.
Any Phase 2 generation touching chapters 6, 7, 10, 27, 28, or 30 must be flagged for priority human theologian review given the cross-doctrine risk concentration identified in Part C.

This document, together with assets/doctrine_risk_registry.json and analysis/08_core_glossary.md, constitutes the complete Phase 1 doctrine-analysis deliverable for the Hmong Deuteronomy Language Package, Baseline v1.0.