Book of Jacob

Book of Jacob

The Book of Jacob is the third book of the Book of Mormon. Its full title is The Book of Jacob: The Brother of Nephi. According to the text, it was written by the ancient prophet Jacob, brother of the prophet Nephi, believed to have lived around 600 BC.

While this book contains some history of the Nephites, including the death of Nephi, it is mainly a record of Jacob's preachings to his people. It contains a lengthy allegory (Jacob 5) regarding the scattering and gathering of Israel, comparing the Israelites and gentiles to tame and wild olive trees, respectively.

External links

* [http://scriptures.lds.org/en/jacob/ The Book of Mormon: The Book of Jacob]
* [http://www.lightplanet.com/mormons/book_of_mormon/books/jacob.html Book of Jacob] by Clyde J. Williams


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужна курсовая?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Jacob of Serugh — ( sy. ܝܥܩܘܒ ܣܪܘܓܝܐ, unicode|Yaʿqûḇ Srûḡāyâ ; his toponym is also spelt Serug or Sarug ; c. 451 – 29 November 521) was one of the foremost Syriac poet theologians, perhaps only second in stature to Ephrem the Syrian and equal to Narsai. Where his… …   Wikipedia

  • Jacob (disambiguation) — Jacob (died by 1st millennium BCE) was the Jewish patriarch of that name.Jacob may also be:* Jacob, Indian unit of length a.k.a. jow * Jacob (sheep) * JACOB, Jacob (software) providing Java COM bridge * Jacob (name), linguistic aspects * Jacob ,… …   Wikipedia

  • Jacob Tanner — (15 October 1865 – 25 January 1964) [ [http://www.ancestry.com/ Ancestry.com,] Minnesota Death Index, 1908–2002 , The Generations Network, Inc., 2001] was a Norwegian American religious educator. He published several books on the Lutheran… …   Wikipedia

  • JACOB, TESTAMENT OF — JACOB, TESTAMENT OF, apocryphal work based on Genesis 49. Reference to an apocryphal book of Jacob is perhaps to be found in the Apostolical Constitutions 6:16 which speaks of apocryphal books of… the three patriarchs. A testament of Jacob is to… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • Book of Mormon chronology — This chronology outlines the major events in the history of the Book of Mormon , according to the text. Dates given correspond to dates in the footnotes of the LDS edition of the Book of Mormon , found online… …   Wikipedia

  • Jacob (Book of Mormon prophet) — For Jacob, son of Isaac, son of Abraham, see Jacob According to the Book of Mormon, Jacob is a younger brother of the prophet Nephi, and became the keeper of the small plates of Nephi after Nephi s death [lds|Jacob|jacob|1|1 12] . He also became… …   Wikipedia

  • Jacob the Liar — infobox Book | name = Jacob the Liar title orig = Jakob der Lügner translator = image caption = author = Jurek Becker cover artist = country = Germany language = German series = genre = Tragedy publisher = release date = 1969 english release date …   Wikipedia

  • Book of Mormon — This article is about the religious book. For the Broadway musical, see The Book of Mormon (musical). For other uses, see Book of Mormon (disambiguation). Part of a series on …   Wikipedia

  • Jacob Have I Loved — Infobox Book name = Jacob Have I Loved title orig = translator = image caption = Jacob Have I Loved book cover author = Katherine Paterson illustrator = cover artist = Chris Sheban country = United States language = English series = subject =… …   Wikipedia

  • Jacob's Room — infobox Book | name = Jacob s Room title orig = translator = image caption = First edition cover author = Virginia Woolf illustrator = cover artist = Vanessa Bell country = United Kingdom language = series = genre = novel publisher = Hogarth… …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”