Joel: Pre-Exilic or Post-Exilic???

[Romans922]

Is Joel to be seen as Pre- or Post-exilic?

State your reasons why...

 

[Puritan Sailor]

It's hard to tell for sure, but he seems to be talking to people still living in the Promise Land.

 

[ADKing]

Based on its position in the canon, it is grouped with the pre-exilic minor prophets.

 

[Backwoods Presbyterian]

It's hard to tell for sure, but he seems to be talking to people still living in the Promise Land.

What he said...

 

[jambo]

From its position between Hosea and Amos I would say it is pre-exilic. Joel 3.4 seems to be a one verse summary of Amos 1. Liberal scholars, surprise surprise, tend to think of it as post-exilic.

 

[ADKing]

From its position between Hosea and Amos I would say it is pre-exilic. Joel 3.4 seems to be a one verse summary of Amos 1. Liberal scholars, surprise surprise, tend to think of it as post-exilic.

It is becoming more and more popular for liberal (and some so-called evangelical) scholars to believe the entire OT is post-exilic, so if you asked them I guess it would be an obvious answer, eh?

 

[Presbyterian Deacon]

Based on its position in the canon, it is grouped with the pre-exilic minor prophets.