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	==2. Jacob exhorts his listeners to repent and follow Christ. ({{s\|Jacob\|6\|\|}})==		==2. Jacob exhorts his listeners to repent and follow Christ. ({{s\|Jacob\|6\|\|}})==
	===''Helpful Insights''===		===''Helpful Insights''===
	*'''Pleading Bar or Pleasing Bar?''': Textual scholar Royal Skousen has suggested that Jacob 6:13 should have been transcribed as the "pleading bar of God" rather than the "pleasing bar of God," while John S. Welch defends the reading of "pleasing" rather than "pleading." While no doctrine s substantially altered by either reading, each one offers different potential insights.		*'''Pleading Bar or Pleasing Bar?''': Textual scholar Royal Skousen has suggested that Jacob 6:13 should have been transcribed as the "pleading bar of God" rather than the "pleasing bar of God," while John S. Welch defends the reading of "pleasing" rather than "pleading." While no doctrine is substantially altered by either reading, each one offers different potential insights.
	**Royal Skousen, ed., ''The Book of Mormon: The Earliest Text'' (New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2009), 176		**Royal Skousen, ed., ''The Book of Mormon: The Earliest Text'' (New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2009), 176
	**Royal Skousen, [http://maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/publications/insights/?vol=24&num=4&id=390 "The Pleading Bar of God,"] ''Insights'' 24/4 (2004)		**Royal Skousen, [http://maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/publications/insights/?vol=24&num=4&id=390 "The Pleading Bar of God,"] ''Insights'' 24/4 (2004)
	**John S. Welch, [http://maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/publications/review/?vol=18&num=1&id=603 "Keeping the Old Wine in Old Wineskins: The Pleasing (Not Pleading) Bar of God,"] ''FARMS Review'' 18/1 (2006): 139-147		**John S. Welch, [http://maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/publications/review/?vol=18&num=1&id=603 "Keeping the Old Wine in Old Wineskins: The Pleasing (Not Pleading) Bar of God,"] ''FARMS Review'' 18/1 (2006): 139-147
	**Royal Skousen, [http://maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/publications/review/?vol=18&num=1&id=605 "Conjectural Emendation in the Book of Mormon,"] ''FARMS Review'' 18/1 (2006): 187-231		**Royal Skousen, [http://maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/publications/review/?vol=18&num=1&id=605 "Conjectural Emendation in the Book of Mormon,"] ''FARMS Review'' 18/1 (2006): 187-231

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	==='''''Faith Affirmations'''''===		==='''''Faith Affirmations'''''===
	*'''Zenos and Cenez/Zenez''': According to a text dating back to the time of Christ, a leader named either Cenez/Kenez or Zenec/Zenez succeeded Joshua as the first judge of Israel. The teachings of Cenez/Zenez in his farwell address and the teachings of Zenos in the allegory of the olive tree have some remarkable similarities. The similarity in teaching and name ~~makes~~ lead Hugh Nibley to equate Cenez/Zenez with the Zenos featured in the Book of Mormon, but others feel that such a connection is unlikely. Regardless, the similarities show that the teachings found in Jacob 5 fit the ancient Near-Eastern world.		*'''Zenos and Cenez/Zenez''': According to a text dating back to the time of Christ, a leader named either Cenez/Kenez or Zenec/Zenez succeeded Joshua as the first judge of Israel. The teachings of Cenez/Zenez in his farwell address and the teachings of Zenos in the allegory of the olive tree have some remarkable similarities. The similarity in teaching and name lead Hugh Nibley to equate Cenez/Zenez with the Zenos featured in the Book of Mormon, but others feel that such a connection is unlikely. Regardless, the similarities show that the teachings found in Jacob 5 fit the ancient Near-Eastern world.
	**Hugh Nilbey, [http://maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/publications/books/?bookid=74&chapid=918 "Prophets in the Wilderness,"] in ''Since Cumorah'' (Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret Book/FARMS, 1988), 286-290		**Hugh Nilbey, [http://maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/publications/books/?bookid=74&chapid=918 "Prophets in the Wilderness,"] in ''Since Cumorah'' (Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret Book/FARMS, 1988), 286-290
	**John W. Welch, [http://maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/publications/books/?bookid=124&chapid=1477 "The Last Words of Cenez and the Book of Mormon,"] in ''The Allegory of the Olive Tree: The Olive, the Bible, and Jacob 5'', Stephen D. Ricks and John W. Welch (Provo, UT: FARMS, 1994), 305-321		**John W. Welch, [http://maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/publications/books/?bookid=124&chapid=1477 "The Last Words of Cenez and the Book of Mormon,"] in ''The Allegory of the Olive Tree: The Olive, the Bible, and Jacob 5'', Stephen D. Ricks and John W. Welch (Provo, UT: FARMS, 1994), 305-321

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	==='''''Potential Criticisms'''''===		==='''''Potential Criticisms'''''===
	*'''Jacob 5 and Romans 11:16-24''': Because there are many similarities between these two passages, some argue that Joseph Smith wrote Jacob 5 by expanding on Paul's teaching to the Roman's. While the two texts do bear strong similarities, this does not mean that Joseph simply copied from Romans. Since Paul himself was an urban Jew who would not have understood the intricacies of olive culture, he probably drew his knowledge from a source which is now lost to us. Zenos or another text based on Zenos could have been that source. The standard for determining order of transmission suggests that longer, more complex texts are earlier in the transmission process, and this case Jacob 5 is clearly the longer and more complex text. Further, careful comparisons reveal that while the two ~~sources~~ probably spring from the same sources, key differences suggest they are independent of each other.		*'''Jacob 5 and Romans 11:16-24''': Because there are many similarities between these two passages, some argue that Joseph Smith wrote Jacob 5 by expanding on Paul's teaching to the Roman's. While the two texts do bear strong similarities, this does not mean that Joseph simply copied from Romans. Since Paul himself was an urban Jew who would not have understood the intricacies of olive culture, he probably drew his knowledge from a source which is now lost to us. Zenos or another text based on Zenos could have been that source. The standard for determining order of transmission suggests that longer, more complex texts are earlier in the transmission process, and this case Jacob 5 is clearly the longer and more complex text. Further, careful comparisons reveal that while the two texts probably spring from the same sources, key differences suggest they are independent of each other.
	**Brant A. Gardner, ''Second Witness: Analytical and Contextual Commentary on the Book of Mormon'', vol. 2 pg. 521-524		**Brant A. Gardner, ''Second Witness: Analytical and Contextual Commentary on the Book of Mormon'', vol. 2 pg. 521-524
	**James E. Faulconer, [http://maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/publications/books/?bookid=124&chapid=1479 "The Olive Tree and the Work of God: Jacob 5 and Romans 11,"] in ''The Allegory of the Olive Tree'', pg. 347-366		**James E. Faulconer, [http://maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/publications/books/?bookid=124&chapid=1479 "The Olive Tree and the Work of God: Jacob 5 and Romans 11,"] in ''The Allegory of the Olive Tree'', pg. 347-366

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	==='''''Potential Criticisms'''''===		==='''''Potential Criticisms'''''===
	*'''Jacob 5 and Romans 11:16-24''': Because there are many similarities between these two passages, some argue ~~the~~ Joseph Smith wrote Jacob 5 by expanding on Paul's teaching to the Roman's. While the two texts do bear strong similarities, this does not mean that Joseph simply copied from Romans. Since Paul himself was an urban Jew who would not have understood the intricacies of olive culture, he probably drew his knowledge from a source which is now lost to us. Zenos or another text based on Zenos could have been that source. The standard for determining order of transmission suggests that longer, more complex texts are earlier in the transmission process, and this case Jacob 5 is clearly the longer and more complex text. Further, careful comparisons reveal that while the two sources probably spring from the same sources, key differences suggest they are independent of each other.		*'''Jacob 5 and Romans 11:16-24''': Because there are many similarities between these two passages, some argue that Joseph Smith wrote Jacob 5 by expanding on Paul's teaching to the Roman's. While the two texts do bear strong similarities, this does not mean that Joseph simply copied from Romans. Since Paul himself was an urban Jew who would not have understood the intricacies of olive culture, he probably drew his knowledge from a source which is now lost to us. Zenos or another text based on Zenos could have been that source. The standard for determining order of transmission suggests that longer, more complex texts are earlier in the transmission process, and this case Jacob 5 is clearly the longer and more complex text. Further, careful comparisons reveal that while the two sources probably spring from the same sources, key differences suggest they are independent of each other.
	**Brant A. Gardner, ''Second Witness: Analytical and Contextual Commentary on the Book of Mormon'', vol. 2 pg. 521-524		**Brant A. Gardner, ''Second Witness: Analytical and Contextual Commentary on the Book of Mormon'', vol. 2 pg. 521-524
	**James E. Faulconer, [http://maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/publications/books/?bookid=124&chapid=1479 "The Olive Tree and the Work of God: Jacob 5 and Romans 11,"] in ''The Allegory of the Olive Tree'', pg. 347-366		**James E. Faulconer, [http://maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/publications/books/?bookid=124&chapid=1479 "The Olive Tree and the Work of God: Jacob 5 and Romans 11,"] in ''The Allegory of the Olive Tree'', pg. 347-366

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	*'''Christ as the Servant''': While the most common interpretation of the symbols is to see Christ as the "Lord of the vineyard" and the servant as collectively representing the prophets, another possibility is to see the "Lord of the vineyard" as the Father and the servant as Christ.		*'''Christ as the Servant''': While the most common interpretation of the symbols is to see Christ as the "Lord of the vineyard" and the servant as collectively representing the prophets, another possibility is to see the "Lord of the vineyard" as the Father and the servant as Christ.
	**Paul Y. Hoskisson, [http://maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/publications/books/?bookid=124&chapid=1469 "The Allegory of the Olive Tree in Jacob,"] in ''The Allegory of the Olive Tree: The Olive, the Bible, and Jacob 5'', Stephen D. Ricks and John W. Welch (Provo, UT: FARMS, 1994), 71-72		**Paul Y. Hoskisson, [http://maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/publications/books/?bookid=124&chapid=1469 "The Allegory of the Olive Tree in Jacob,"] in ''The Allegory of the Olive Tree: The Olive, the Bible, and Jacob 5'', Stephen D. Ricks and John W. Welch (Provo, UT: FARMS, 1994), 71-72
	*'''Additional Use of Zenos''': While Jacob's lengthy quotation of ~~the~~ Zenos is by far the most concentrated reference to the teachings of Zenos, his father and brother (Lehi and Nephi) before him, and many prophets after him (all the way down to Mormon and Moroni) also drew on the teachings of Zenos. Reviewing how these other prophets used Zenos's teachings may shed some light on Jacob 5 and his use of Zenos's allegory.		*'''Additional Use of Zenos''': While Jacob's lengthy quotation of Zenos is by far the most concentrated reference to the teachings of Zenos, his father and brother (Lehi and Nephi) before him, and many prophets after him (all the way down to Mormon and Moroni) also drew on the teachings of Zenos. Reviewing how these other prophets used Zenos's teachings may shed some light on Jacob 5 and his use of Zenos's allegory.
	**Noel B. Reynolds, [http://maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/publications/books/?bookid=124&chapid=1467 "Nephite Uses and Interpretations of Zenos,"] in ''The Allegory of the Olive Tree: The Olive, the Bible, and Jacob 5'', Stephen D. Ricks and John W. Welch (Provo, UT: FARMS, 1994), 21-49		**Noel B. Reynolds, [http://maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/publications/books/?bookid=124&chapid=1467 "Nephite Uses and Interpretations of Zenos,"] in ''The Allegory of the Olive Tree: The Olive, the Bible, and Jacob 5'', Stephen D. Ricks and John W. Welch (Provo, UT: FARMS, 1994), 21-49
	*'''Jacob 5 in Early Church Teachings''': The interpretations of early Church leaders from the nineteenth century, such as Orson Pratt, may also be insightful.		*'''Jacob 5 in Early Church Teachings''': The interpretations of early Church leaders from the nineteenth century, such as Orson Pratt, may also be insightful.
	**Grant Underwood, [http://maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/publications/books/?bookid=124&chapid=1468 "Jacob 5 in the Nineteenth Century,"] in ''The Allegory of the Olive Tree: The Olive, the Bible, and Jacob 5'', Stephen D. Ricks and John W. Welch (Provo, UT: FARMS, 1994), 50-69		**Grant Underwood, [http://maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/publications/books/?bookid=124&chapid=1468 "Jacob 5 in the Nineteenth Century,"] in ''The Allegory of the Olive Tree: The Olive, the Bible, and Jacob 5'', Stephen D. Ricks and John W. Welch (Provo, UT: FARMS, 1994), 50-69
	*'''Keywords and Phrases''': Sometimes we can learn new insights by focusing on key words and phrases. In Jacob 5, Zenos uses repetition of such key words and phrases to highlight certain themes. John W. Welch provides a convenient resource identifying many of these.		*'''Keywords and Phrases''': Sometimes we can learn new insights by focusing on key words and phrases. In Jacob 5, Zenos uses repetition of such key words and phrases to highlight certain themes. John W. Welch provides a convenient resource identifying many of these.
	**John W. Welch, [http://maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/publications/books/?bookid=124&chapid=1472 "Words and Phrases in Jacob 5,"] in ''The Allegory of the Olive Tree'', 174-185		**John W. Welch, [http://maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/publications/books/?bookid=124&chapid=1472 "Words and Phrases in Jacob 5,"] in ''The Allegory of the Olive Tree'', 174-185

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 =Lesson 13: The Allegory of the Olive Trees=
 '''Lesson #13- Sunday School Manual''': [http://www.lds.org/manual/book-of-mormon-gospel-doctrine-teachers-manual/lesson-13-the-allegory-of-the-olive-trees?lang=eng “The Allegory of the Olive Trees”]

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