![]() ![]() Joel identifies himself as the son of Pethuel, a name mentioned nowhere else in the Old Testament ( Joel 1:1). ![]() Unfortunately, outside of his own writing, there’s not much written about Joel either in the Bible or historical account. date – sometime during the reign of Joash – becomes most probable.Īlso, if Joel prophesied during this time, he would have been a contemporary of the prophet Elisha, who ministered to the northern kingdom of Israel at the same time. In fact, the verbal parallels between Joel 3:16 and Amos 1:2, and Joel 3:18 and Amos 9:13 are of note.įor this reason, the 835 B.C. Secondly, there are similarities in Joel’s style of writing to that of Hosea and Amos, biblical prophets who also ministered to Israel and Judah in the 8 th century after Joel’s ministry. or later.įor one thing, Joel never mentions dominant world powers like Assyria, Babylon, and Persia that had already come and gone (or waned) by the time of the Jewish return to Jerusalem in the 5 th century B.C. It is difficult to know for certain, however, there are a few key details in Joel’s writing that point more to the 835 B.C. Some scholars, however, believe that Joel might have ministered and prophesied to the returning exiles from Babylon and Persia, almost four hundred years later. At the time, however, Jehoida the priest would have functioned as the real ruler of Judah until Joash came of age. when the then seven-year-old Joash sat on the throne. Joel, whose name in Hebrew means “Yawheh is God,” was called by God to minister to the southern kingdom of Judah, we believe, around 835 B.C. ![]()
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