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The Date of Joel

The Date of Joel THE DATE OF JOEL BY MARCO TREVES New York The Book of Joel 1) consists of three parts. The first (Joel i 2-ii 17) is a beautiful poem which describes an invasion of locusts and exhorts the Jews to penitence. The second (Joel ii 18-27) is a poem similar to the first, but written shortly afterwards, when the call to penitence had been obeyed. It promises agricultural prosperity to make up for the damages inflicted by the locusts. The third (ii 28- iii 21), which is partly in verse and partly in prose, promises various blessings to the Jewish people and punishments to the foreign nations. Most modern scholars agree that the invasion of locusts is to be understood literally and refers to an actual historical occurrence. The locusts are compared to lions (Joel i 6), horses (ii 4), warriors (ii 5, 7), « and thieves (ii 9). It would be very strange if they were allegorical, for we should have similes within a simile, which would be awk- ward and confusing and would defeat the very purposes of allegory 2). Moreover, the prophet tells us that he saw the calamity with his own eyes (Joel i 16). Locusts http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Vetus Testamentum Brill

The Date of Joel

Treves, Marco
Vetus Testamentum , Volume 7 (1): 8 – Jan 1, 1957
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Copyright © Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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0042-4935
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1568-5330
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10.1163/156853357x00133
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THE DATE OF JOEL BY MARCO TREVES New York The Book of Joel 1) consists of three parts. The first (Joel i 2-ii 17) is a beautiful poem which describes an invasion of locusts and exhorts the Jews to penitence. The second (Joel ii 18-27) is a poem similar to the first, but written shortly afterwards, when the call to penitence had been obeyed. It promises agricultural prosperity to make up for the damages inflicted by the locusts. The third (ii 28- iii 21), which is partly in verse and partly in prose, promises various blessings to the Jewish people and punishments to the foreign nations. Most modern scholars agree that the invasion of locusts is to be understood literally and refers to an actual historical occurrence. The locusts are compared to lions (Joel i 6), horses (ii 4), warriors (ii 5, 7), « and thieves (ii 9). It would be very strange if they were allegorical, for we should have similes within a simile, which would be awk- ward and confusing and would defeat the very purposes of allegory 2). Moreover, the prophet tells us that he saw the calamity with his own eyes (Joel i 16). Locusts

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Published: Jan 1, 1957

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