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joel -lrb- ; `` yoel '' ; `` yu'il '' -rrb- was a prophet of ancient israel , the second of the twelve minor prophets and the author of the book of joel .
he is mentioned by name only once in the hebrew bible/old testament , in the introduction to his own brief book , as the son of pethuel -lrb- -rrb- .
the name joel combines the covenant name of god , yhwh -lrb- or yahweh -rrb- , and el -lrb- god -rrb- , and has been translated as `` one to whom yhwh is god , '' that is , a worshiper of yhwh .
the dates of his life are unknown ; he may have lived anywhere from the 9th century bce to the 5th century bce , depending on the dating of his book .
the book 's mention of greeks has not given scholars any help in dating the text since the greeks were known to have had access to judah from mycenaean times .
however , the book 's mention of judah 's suffering and to the standing temple has led some scholars to place the date of the book in the post-exilic period , after the construction of the second temple .
joel was originally from judah/judea , and , judging from its prominence in his prophecy , was quite possibly a prophet associated with the ritual of the jerusalem temple .
according to a long-standing tradition , joel was buried in gush halav .
