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Botanical Comparisons in the Allegory of the Olive Tree
… convey information about the house of Israel. However, the allegory in Jacob 5 is not completely botanically correct. … interesting approaches to the topic is the allegory of the olive tree in Jacob 5. In this chapter, Jacob quotes Zenos, an Old …
The Allegory of the Olive Tree: An Instructional Model for Leaders
… I will liken thee, O house of Israel, like unto a tame olive tree, which a man took and nourished in his vineyard" (Jacob … 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
… horticultural descriptions in the Book of Mormon is the allegory of the tame and wild olive trees, a transcription or retelling of a parable by an … 10). In this allegory, Zenos likens Israel to a tame olive tree and the Gentiles to a wild olive tree, [2] using the …
"Ye Shall Have Joy with Me": The Olive Tree, the Lord, and His Servants
… Jacob, we find a unique text commonly referred to as the allegory of the olive tree. President Joseph Fielding Smith once said that “the …
Staying by the Tree of Life
… two rebellious sons refused to partake of the fruit of the tree of life, Lehi faithfully remained by the tree, holding … dream and teach “more of the love of God by continuing the allegory of the tree, shifting it from the tree of life to the even more extensively developed image of the olive tree.” [7] He prophesies about the scattering and …
The Strait and Narrow Path: The Covenant Path of Discipleship Leading to the Tree of Life
… The visions and interpretations of the tree of life constitute some of the greatest didactic, or … compares the scattering and gathering of Israel to an olive tree—Nephi speaks of the Son of God, of the gift of the … upon the marvelous image encountered in Jacob 5 and the allegory of the olive tree (see 1 Nephi 10:12). The dream …
Joseph Smith and the Messiah: Prophetically Linked
… Israel. In so doing, Joseph became “like unto” Christ. The Olive Tree: Rod/ Branch and Stem/ Root Isaiah also saw the … 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
… individual spiritual well-being by relating his dream of a tree laden with precious fruit, as recorded in 1 Nephi 8. Two … (1 Nephi 15:2), their questions address the meaning of the allegory of the olive tree (from 1 Nephi 10) as well as of Lehi’s dream of …
A Provocative Application
… provide a context for his prophecy, Jacob first quotes an allegory of an olive tree attributed to an Israelite prophet named Zenos and …
The World and the Word: History, Literature, and Scripture
… Similarly, an explicitly fictional genre, such as Zenos’s allegory, not only invites literary interpretation but also … of the text. My text is Zenos’s Allegory of the Olive Tree, an explicitly literary genre whose literary quality, …
