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Template:Source:Ricks:Olive Culture in the Second Temple Era:Horticultural details of ancient Judasim found in Jacob 5
Parent page: Olive culture
Horticultural details of the raising of Olive trees ancient Judasim are found in profusion in Jacob 5
Jacob 5 contains details regarding the manner in which the ancient Jews performed Olive horticulture. These are details that would not have been available to Joseph Smith,
When we look for commonalities in the horticultural details mentioned in Jacob 5 and those found in the literature of Judaism of late antiquity, we are not disappointed: we find them in profusion. Beyond these, however, the symbolism of the olive in the literature of ancient Judaism—as a sign of kingship and authority, and as a symbol of the tree of life—provides us with further significant insights into the meaning of the olive and its products in the Restoration.[1]
Notes
- ↑ Stephen D. Ricks, "Olive Culture in the Second Temple Era and Early Rabbinic Period," The Allegory of the Olive Tree: The Olive, the Bible, and Jacob 5 1994. off-site