Book of Joel
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The Book of Joel is collected as one of the twelve minor prophets of the Nevi'im （"Prophets"） in the Hebrew Bible, and as a book in its own right in the Christian Old Testament.
After a superscription ascribing the prophecy to Joel （son of Pethuel）, the book may be broken down into the following sections: The
Book of Joel's division into chapters and verses differs widely between editions of the Bible; some editions have three chapters,
others four.
Translations with four chapters include: the Jewish Publication Society's version of the Hebrew Bible （1917）, Jerusalem Bible （1966）,
New American Bible （Revised Edition, 1970）, Complete Jewish Bible （1998）, Tree of Life Version （2015） In the 1611 King James Bible,
the Book of Joel is formed by three chapters: the second one has 32 verses, and it is equivalent to the union of the chapter 2 （with 26 verses） and chapter 3 （with 5 verses） of other editions of the Bible.
The differences of the division is as follows: As there are no explicit references in the book to datable persons or events, scholars have assigned a wide range of dates to the book.
The main positions are: Evidence produced for these positions includes allusions in the book to the wider world, similarities with other prophets, and linguistic details.
Some commentators, such as John Calvin, attach no great importance to the precise dating.
Joel 1 and 2 are preserved in the Dead Sea Scrolls, in fragmentary manuscripts 4Q78, 4Q82, and the Scroll Wadi Muraba’at.
Joel （watercolor circa 1896–1902 by James Tissot） The Masoretic text places Joel between Hosea and Amos （the order inherited by the Tanakh and Old Testament）, while the Septuagint order is Hosea–Amos–Micah–Joel–Obadiah–Jonah.
The Hebrew text of Joel se...