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32639
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English
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Explicating the Mystery of the Rejected Foundation Stone: The Allegory of the Olive Tree
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BYU Studies Quarterly
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1990
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30
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3
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Provo, UT
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Brigham Young University
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"Because the tame olive tree, the central image in the allegory of Zenos, represents a historical people, the house of Israel (Jacob 5:3), it follows that at least some of the other symbols and allusions in the allegory concern actual events and people in history. If the allegory is meant to explain actual events in the temporal and spiritual history of the house of Israel, the allegory must be understandable in a temporal and spiritual sense. Nevertheless, though Jacob did comment tangentially on the allegory, no satisfactory explanation of the historical significance and the temporal referents in the allegory exists. One treatise on the subject even states that 'it is impossible to ascribe a timetable to the various allegorical scenes described by Zenos.' I will demonstrate that many of the historical metaphors in the allegory can be placed in time with relative precision, that some can be located in space, and that much can be said about their significance." [Author]
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https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=4012&context=byusq
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A Voice of Warning and Instruction to All People: Containing a Declaration of the Faith and Doctrine of the Church of the Latter-day Saints, Commonly Called Mormons.
Doctrinal Commentary on the Book of Mormon
Doctrines of Salvation : Sermons and Writings of Joseph Fielding Smith
History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Period I : History of Joseph Smith, the Prophet, by Himself
Mormon Doctrine
Studies in Scripture