<P> The traditional ascription of the whole book to the prophet Joel was challenged in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries by a theory of a three - stage process of composition : 1 : 1 -- 2 : 27 were from the hand of Joel , and dealt with a contemporary issue ; 2 : 28 -- 3 : 21 / 3 : 1 -- 4 : 21 were ascribed to a continuator with an apocalyptic outlook . Mentions in the first half of the book to the day of the Lord were also ascribed to this continuator. 3 : 4 -- 8 / 4 : 4 -- 8 could be seen as even later . Details of exact ascriptions differed between scholars . </P>
<P> The traditional ascription of the whole book to the prophet Joel was challenged in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries by a theory of a three - stage process of composition : 1 : 1 -- 2 : 27 were from the hand of Joel , and dealt with a contemporary issue ; 2 : 28 -- 3 : 21 / 3 : 1 -- 4 : 21 were ascribed to a continuator with an apocalyptic outlook . Mentions in the first half of the book to the day of the Lord were also ascribed to this continuator. 3 : 4 -- 8 / 4 : 4 -- 8 could be seen as even later . Details of exact ascriptions differed between scholars . </P>
who wrote the book of joel in the bible
who wrote the book of joel in the bible
the prophet Joel a continuator
the prophet Joel a continuator