# Text vs Interpretation

## What the transcript appears to directly assert
The speaker directly asserts:
- the middle of the earth
- the center / navel of the earth
- Mount Zion
- the north pole
- Zion in Israel is not the original referent

## What still needs verification at source-text level
The following should be checked directly against Enoch, Jubilees, and biblical passages:
- Does Enoch explicitly say "Mount Zion" in the relevant geography passages?
- Does Enoch explicitly say "navel of the earth"?
- Is "navel" being imported from another text, such as Ezekiel 38:12?
- Is the north pole identification textual, inferential, or purely speculative?

## Current archive judgment
This claim should presently be tagged as:
- strongly asserted in the video series
- interpretively constructed
- not yet demonstrated as a direct wording of Enoch

## Editorial rule
Do not flatten:
- transcript assertion
- textual quotation
- interpretive conclusion

These must remain separate layers in the archive.

# Text vs Interpretation

## What the transcript appears to directly assert
The speaker directly asserts:
- the middle of the earth
- the center / navel of the earth
- Mount Zion
- the north pole
- Zion in Israel is not the original referent

## What still needs verification at source-text level
The following should be checked directly against Enoch, Jubilees, and biblical passages:
- Does Enoch explicitly say "Mount Zion" in the relevant geography passages?
- Does Enoch explicitly say "navel of the earth"?
- Is "navel" being imported from another text, such as Ezekiel 38:12?
- Is the north pole identification textual, inferential, or purely speculative?

## Current archive judgment
This claim should presently be tagged as:
- strongly asserted in the video series
- interpretively constructed
- not yet demonstrated as a direct wording of Enoch

## Editorial rule
Do not flatten:
- transcript assertion
- textual quotation
- interpretive conclusion

These must remain separate layers in the archive.
