Book Of Joel Background

The affirmation is probably yahweh is god this is the reverse of elijah god is yahweh b.

Book of joel background. All of this points to a date of approximately 835 bc or soon after making joel one of the earliest writing prophets as well as a contemporary of the prophet elisha. Historical background of the book of joel outline of the book of joel pdf. Lament over a great locust plague and a severe drought 1 1 2 17.

A locust plague has destroyed both wine and grain. Joel calls the inhabitants of judah and jerusalem to lament and return to the lord during a time of national disaster. The prophet joel showed up in israel during a time of the most terrible plague of locusts in the nation s history.

In hebrew the title comes of the prophetic author lway the combination of two names of god yahweh elohim. Little is known about joel a prophet from judah perhaps jerusalem. Title of the book a.

Most scholars date the book after the exile to babylon 586 b c. 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.

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. 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.