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==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,
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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.<ref>Stephen D. Ricks, "Olive Culture in the Second Temple Era and Early Rabbinic Period," [http://publications.maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/book/the-allegory-of-the-olive-tree/ ''The Allegory of the Olive Tree: The Olive, the Bible, and Jacob 5''] 1994. {{link|url=http://publications.maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/fullscreen/?pub=1140&index=20 }}</ref>
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