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Joel and Amos: A Commentary on the Books of the Prophets Joel and Amos is unavailable, but you can change that!

Joel and Amos lie adjacent to one another in the canon yet they mark the beginning and end of written prophecy. This commentary compares and contrasts the two books' prophecies, specifically focusing on each prophet's portrayal of the Day of Yahweh. Hans Walter Wolff's print edition totaled 392 pages.

past (camouflaged as future), but decidedly the present. 3. The future stands under the aegis of God’s freedom (2:14*). The same end-time theophany (2:10–11*; 4:15*, 16a*) can have two entirely opposite effects: destruction of Jerusalem (2:1–9*) or judgment on the world of nations (4:1–3*, 9–14*, [19*]) with deliverance and renewal of Jerusalem (3:1–5*; 4:16b*, 17*, [18*, 20–21*]). At the decisive midpoint of the text, therefore, the contemporary hearer can be called to
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