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Introductions

H.L. Ellison, Men Spake from God, 2nd edn.. Exeter: Paternoster Press, 1958. Pbk. ISBN: 085364 0165. pp.160. To read the whole book, click here.

Commentaries

	Leslie C. Allen, Obadiah, Joel, Jonah and Micah. New International Commentary on the Old Testament. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1976. ISBN: 9781467423687. pp.427. [Sign-up to Perlego and access book instantly - 10% discount on new subscriptions using this link]
	David W. Baker, Joel, Obadiah, Malachi. The NIV Application Commentary. Grand Rpaids: Zondervan, 2009. ISBN: 9780310571711. pp.352. [Sign-up to Perlego and access book instantly - 10% discount on new subscriptions using this link]
	John Barton, Joel and Obadiah: A Commentary. Old Testament Library. Westminster: John Knox Press, 2001. ISBN: 9781611645002. pp.272. [Sign-up to Perlego and access book instantly - 10% discount on new subscriptions using this link]
	Trent C. Butler, Holman Old Testament Commentary - Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah. Nashville, TN: B&H Publishing Group, 2005. ISBN: 9781433674297. [Sign-up to Perlego and access book instantly - 10% discount on new subscriptions using this link]
	James L Crenshaw, Joel. Anchor Bible Commentary. Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc., 1995. Hbk. ISBN: 0385412053. pp.251.
	R.B. Dillard, "Joel," in T. McComisky, editor, The Minor Prophets: An Exegetical and Expository Commentary, Vol. 1. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1992. Hbk. ISBN: 0801062853. Best commentary on Joel.
	J. Andrew Dearman, The Book of Hosea. The New International Commentary on the Old Testament. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2010. ISBN: 9781467423731. [Sign-up to Perlego and access book instantly - 10% discount on new subscriptions using this link]
	Samuel Rolles Driver [1846-1914], The Minor Prophets II. Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi. The Century Bible. Edinburgh: T.C. & E.C. Jack, n.d. Hbk. pp.337. pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]
	Samuel Rolles Driver [1846-1914], The Books of Joel and Amos with Introduction and Commentary. The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1901. Hbk. pp.244. pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]
	T.J. Finlay, Joel, Amos, Obadiah. Wycliffe Exegetical Commentary. Moody, 1990. Hbk. pp.417.
	Duane Garrett, Hosea, Joel. New American Commentary, Vol. 18A. Nashville, TN: Broadman & Holman Publishers, 1997. . ISBN: 9781433675720. pp.320. [Sign-up to Perlego and access book instantly - 10% discount on new subscriptions using this link]
	Robert Forman Horton [1855-1934], The Minor Prophets I: Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah and Micah.The Century Bible. Edinburgh: T.C. & E.C. Jack, n.d. Hbk. pp.196. pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]
	James Limburg, Hosea-Jonah. Interpretation. John Knox, 1988. Hbk. ISBN: 0804231281. pp.201.
	David A. Hubbard, Joel and Amos. Tyndale Old Testament Commentaries. Leicester: IVP, 2015. ISBN: 9781783592616. pp.245. [Sign-up to Perlego and access book instantly - 10% discount on new subscriptions using this link]
	G.S. Ogden & R.R. Deutsch, Joal and Malachi: A Promise of Hope, A Call to Obedience. International Theological Commentary. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1987. Pbk. pp.120.
	Conrad Von Orelli [1846-1912], The Twelve Minor Prophets. Edinburgh: T & T Clark, 1897. Hbk. pp.405. pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]
	Richard D. Patterson, Carl E. Armerding & Eugene H. Merrill, Joel, Obadiah, Malachi. The Expositor's Bible Commentary, rev. edn. grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2017. ISBN: 9780310531951. pp.96. [Sign-up to Perlego and access book instantly - 10% discount on new subscriptions using this link]
	Christopher R. Seitz, Joel. The International Critical Commentary. London: Bloomsbury Publshing, 2016. ISBN: 9780567667755. pp.304. [Sign-up to Perlego and access book instantly - 10% discount on new subscriptions using this link]
	Charles Simeon, Horae Homileticae or Discourses Digested Into One Continued Series and Forming a Commentary, Upon Every Book of the Old and New Testament, Vol. 10: Hosea to Malachi, 6th edn. London: Henry G., Bohn, 1844. pp.168-188. pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]
	Daniel J. Simundson, Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah: Minor Prophets. Abingdon Old Testament Commentaries. Abingdon Press, 2005. Pbk. ISBN: 0687342449. pp.352.
	George Adam Smith [1856-1942], The Book of the Twelve Prophets: Vol. 2, Zephaniah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Obadiah, Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi, Joel, Jonah, Micah, W. Robertson Nicoll, ed., The Expositor's Bible. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1908. Hbk. pp.543. pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]
	Gary V. Smith, Hosea, Amos, Micah. The NIV Application Commentary. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2011. ISBN: 9780310872672. [Sign-up to Perlego and access book instantly - 10% discount on new subscriptions using this link]
	John Merlin Powis Smith [1866-1932], William Hayes Ward [1835-1916] & Julius A. Bewer [1877-1953], A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on Micah, Zephaniah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Obadiah & Joel. The International Critical Commentary. Edinburgh: T & T Clark, 1911. Hbk. pp.448. pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]
	Douglas Stuart, Hosea-Jonah, Word Biblical Commentary, Vol. 31. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2017. ISBN: 9780310585879. [Sign-up to Perlego and access book instantly - 10% discount on new subscriptions using this link]
	George Woosung Wade [1858-1941], The Books of the Prophets Micah, Obadiah, Joel and Jonah with Introduction and Notes. Westminster Commentaries. London: Methuen & Co., Ltd., 1925. Hbk. pp.156. pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]
	Samuel Lilckendey Warren [1836-1895], "Joel," Charles John Ellicott [1819-1905], editor, An Old Testament commentary for English Readers various writers, Vol. 5. London: Cassell, Petter & Galpin, 1884. Hbk. pp.437-445. pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]
	J.D.W. Watts, The Books of Joel, Obadiah, Jonah, Nahum, Habakkuk and Zephaniah. Cambridge Bible Commentary. Cambridge, 1975. Pbk. ISBN: 052109870X. pp.190.
	Arthur Lukyn Williams [1853-1943], Joel & Amos. The Minor Prophets Unfolded, Vol. 2. London: SPCK, 1918. Hbk. pp.71. pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]
	H.W. Wolff, Joel and Amos. Hermeneia. Fortress, 1977. Pbk. ISBN: 0800660072. pp.393.

Date

	J.M. Myers, "Some Considerations Bearing on the Date of Joel," Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft 74 (1962): 81-94.
	F.R. Stephenson, "The Date of the Book of Joel," Vetus Testamentum 19 (1969): 224-29.
	J.A. Thompson, "The Date of Joel," Fs. J.M. Myers: ed. A. Bream et al, A Light Unto My Path. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1974.
	M. Treves, "The Date of Joel," Vetus Testamentum 7 (1957): 149-56.

Structure

Duane A. Garrett, "The structure of Joel," Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 28.3 (Sept. 1985): 289-297. View in PDF format

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Other Studies on Joel

	G.W. Ahlström, Joel and the Temple Cult of Jerusalem. Vetus Testamentum Supplement 21. Leiden: E J Brill, 1971. Hbk. ISBN: 9004026207. pp.151.
	Stanley Richard Baron, The Desert Locust. Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1972. Pbk. ISBN: 0413271501. pp.230.
	C.A. Evans, "The Prophetic Setting of the Pentecost Sermon," Zeitschrift für neutestamentliche Wissenschaft 74 (1983).
	Y. Freund, "Multitudes, Multitudes in the Valley of Decision," Beth Mikra 65 (1975): 271-77.
	Henry Thatcher Fowler, "The chronological position of Joel among the prophets," Journal of Biblical Literature 16 (1897): 146-154. pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]
	George Buchanan Gray [1865-1922], "The Parallel Passages in 'Joel' in Their Bearing on the Question of Date," The Expositor Fourth series 8.3 (Sept. 1893): 208-225. pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]
	Harold Hosch, "The concept of prophetic time in the book of Joel," Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 15.1 (Winter 1972): 31-38. pdf
	A.S. Kapelrud, Joel Studies. Uppsala: Almqvust och Wiksell, 1948.
	A. Kerrigan, "The Sensus Plenior of Joel III:1-5 in Acts.II:14-36," Sacra Pagina 2 (1959): 295-313.
	Elias D. Mallon, "A Stylistic Analysis of Joel 1:10-12," Catholic Biblical Quarterly 45 (1983): 537-48.
	David Marcus, "Nonrecurring Doublets in the Book of Joel," Catholic Biblical Quarterly 56.1 (1994): 56-67.
	Graham S. Ogden, "Joel 4 and Prophetic Response to National Laments," Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 26 (1983): 97-106.
	Willem S. Prinsloo, The Theology of the Book of Joel. Beihefte zur Zeitschrift fur die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft 163. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 1985. Hbk. ISBN: 311010301X. pp.136.
	O.R. Sellers, "Stages of Locust in Joel," American Journal of Semitic Studies and Literature 52 (1935-36): 81-85.
	J.A. Thompson, "Joel's Locusts in the Light of Near Eastern Parallels," Journal of Near Eastern Studies 14 (1955): 52-55.
	J.A. Thompson, "The Use of Repetityion in the Prophecy of Joel," Fs. E.A. Nida; ed. M. Black, On Language, Culture and Religion. Hague: Mouton,1974. pp.101-10.
	Daniel J. Treier, "The Fulfillment of Joel 2:28-32: A Multiple-Lens Approach," Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 40.1 (March 1997): 13-26. pdf
	Willem A. VanGemeren, "The Spirit of Revelation," Westminster Theological Journal 50 (1988): 81-102.
	J.D. Whiting, "Jerusalem's Locust Plague," National Geographic 28, 6 (1915): 511-50.