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Botanical Comparisons in the Allegory of the Olive Tree
… From a botanical point of view, Jacob 5 in the Book of Mormon is one of the most interesting chapters in … convey information about the house of Israel. However, the allegory in Jacob 5 is not completely botanically correct. …
The Allegory of the Olive Tree: An Instructional Model for Leaders
… "Thus saith the Lord, I will liken thee, O house of Israel, like unto a … early writers in the Book of Mormon, quotes an extensive allegory known as the allegory of the olive tree, [1] which …
The Allegory of the Tame and Wild Olive Trees Horticulturally Considered
… If Joseph Smith made up the Book of Mormon as fiction, rather than translating … horticultural descriptions in the Book of Mormon is the allegory of the tame and wild olive trees, a transcription or …
"Ye Shall Have Joy with Me": The Olive Tree, the Lord, and His Servants
… In chapter 5 of the book of Jacob, we find a unique text commonly referred to as the allegory of the olive tree. President Joseph Fielding Smith …
Joseph Smith and the Messiah: Prophetically Linked
… Links from Old Testament prophets to Book of Mormon prophets and to the modern–day Prophet Joseph Smith place and time: Old World … the new shoots do come right out of the trunk.” [6] The allegory of Zenos describes the same phenomenon of regrowth …
The Double Nature of God’s Saving Work: The Plan of Salvation and Salvation History
… While tarrying in the valley of Lemuel, Lehi instructed his family members on … (1 Nephi 15:2), their questions address the meaning of the allegory of the olive tree (from 1 Nephi 10) as well as of …
The World and the Word: History, Literature, and Scripture
… preserved in words. Words alone, however, cannot contain the full reality of the worlds they represent. As sacred texts, our scriptures … Similarly, an explicitly fictional genre, such as Zenos’s allegory, not only invites literary interpretation but also …
Prophetic Perspectives: How Lehi and Nephi Applied the Lessons of Lehi’s Dream
… and in scripture we have multiple eyewitness accounts of the same revelatory event. These can help us understand the … dream of the tree is about his own family. Nephi’s Vision: Allegory and Prophecy Nephi wanted to see and know for …
The Scattering and Gathering of Israel
… As Latter-day Saints study world history of the past few centuries, they naturally look at these … connections and developments with the house of Israel. Allegory of the olive tree. A symbolic portrayal of these …
Literary Reflections on Jacob and His Descendants
… The Small Plates as Literature This volume completes a four-volume study of the small plates. Taken together, these volumes attest to … elaborate symbols (the vision of the tree of life and the allegory of the vineyard), and recount its grandest story—an …
