Representations of the Babylonians, Medo-Persians, Greeks and Romans, as heldīy some interpreters.) Confronted with this crisis, he calls on everyone to He mentions in 1:4 2:25 are best understood as real insects, not as allegorical Joel sees the massive locust plague and severe drought devastating JudahĪs a harbinger of the "great and dreadful day of the Lord" ( 2:31). Some scholars maintain that the prophetsīorrowed phrases from one another others hold that they drew more or lessįrom the religious literary traditions that they and their readers shared inĬommon - liturgical and otherwise.
The book of Joel has striking linguistic parallels to the language of Amos, InĪny case, its message is not significantly affected by its dating. Many interpretersĭate it somewhere between the late seventh and early fifth centuries b.c. The book contains no references to datable historical events. (see 2:32 3:1,6,8,16-20), it seems likely that Joel lived in that area. Judging from his concern with Judah and Jerusalem The non-Biblical legends about him are unconvincing. He is not mentioned outside the books of Joel and Acts Prophet Joel cannot be identified with any of the 12 other figures in the OT Theology, outline, a brief overview, and the chapters of the Book of Joel. This summary of the book of Joel provides information about the title, author(s), date of writing, chronology, theme,
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