The imagery, in this passage, of vine and branches is inescapably reminiscent of Jacob 5.
For a (large) anthology of very good articles on that astonishing chapter, see The Allegory of the Olive Tree: The Olive, the Bible, and Jacob 5 (1994)
The imagery, in this passage, of vine and branches is inescapably reminiscent of Jacob 5.
For a (large) anthology of very good articles on that astonishing chapter, see The Allegory of the Olive Tree: The Olive, the Bible, and Jacob 5 (1994)