Book Of Joel Background

Little is known about joel a prophet from judah perhaps jerusalem.

Book of joel background. The effects of these events on agriculture farmers and on the supply of agricultural offerings for the temple in jerusalem interspersed with a call to national lament 1 1 20. After a superscription ascribing the prophecy to joel son of pethuel the book may be broken down into the following sections. Nothing is know about joel other than his being the son of pethuel.

Title of the book a. The book of joel also makes ample mention of priests temple rituals and nations such as phoenicia philistia egypt and edom that were prominent in the late ninth century bc. He warned the people of judah that the devastation was going to sweep across the land very soon.

In greek the title is simply a transliteration of the hebrew iwhl ii. The affirmation is probably yahweh is god this is the reverse of elijah god is yahweh b. Joel calls the inhabitants of judah and jerusalem to lament and return to the lord during a time of national disaster.

Joel came and prophesied to the land of judah before the plague came. A locust plague has destroyed both wine and grain. In hebrew the title comes of the prophetic author lway the combination of two names of god yahweh elohim.

Most scholars date the book after the exile to babylon 586 b c. The prophet joel showed up in israel during a time of the most terrible plague of locusts in the nation s history.