Joel (ITC)
About this book
The book of Joel is held to be one of the latest prophetic witnesses; it cites other books of the book of the Twelve prophets with a density that distinguishes it from its neighbours. The concept of the "Day of the LORD" which runs throughout the Minor Prophets as a whole reaches its zenith in Joel and its co-mingling of ecological and military metaphors advances Hosea on the former and anticipates later texts on the latter. In this volume within T&T Clark's International Theological Commentary Series Christopher Seitz starts from a foundation of historical-critical methodology to provide an account of Joel's place and purpose within the book of the Twelve prophets as a whole. Seitz examines the theology and background of Joel, and shows how Joel's theological function can provide a major hermeneutical key to the interpretation of the wider collection, and teases out the precise character of that role.
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Table of contents
- FC
- The International Theological Commentary on the Holy Scripture of the Old and New Testaments
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Abbreviations
- General Editors’ Preface
- Foreword
- Introduction
- 1 Joel as a Prophet Among Prophets: The Challenge
- 2 A Canonical Reading of Joel and the History of Interpretation
- 3 Joel and Prior Prophecy
- 4 The Unity of the Book of Joel and Modern Research
- 5 Intertextuality: Joel’s Character as Prophet
- 6 Who is Joel?
- 7 The Message and Purpose of the Book of Joel
- 8 The Day of the LORD in the Book of Joel
- 9 The Living God of Joel in the Lived Life of the Church
- Bibliography
- The Book of the Prophet Joel
- Solemn Opening (1.1–4)
- Part One The Day of the LORD Upon Israel (1.5–20)
- Part Two The Unfolding Day of the LORD (2.1–27)
- Part Three Finale (2.28–3.21)
- Appendix I: NY Times, 6 March 2013
- Appendix II: Temporality in Joel 2.3–11: The interchange of prefixed and suffixed forms
- Index