Book of Joel
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- noun
- /bʊk əv dʒoʊəl/
- Literature
Examples
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Second, second Zechariah and a little bit the book of Joel just to prepare us for Daniel.
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Read the book of Joel and see who appoints the army, the beast, that will lay havoc on this world.
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The book of Joel also says to rend your hearts and not your garments. Repentance is in order for us as the church for sitting in God's judgment seat...
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The Book of Joel contains important prophecies about future events in the world.
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In my church, we often read passages from the Book of Joel during our services.
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Many theologians refer to the Book of Joel when discussing themes of repentance and divine judgment.
Synonyms
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A prophet in the Bible or the short book about him
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly derivable from the constituents: 'book' (a published work) + 'of' (possessive/associative marker) + the proper name 'Joel' yields 'the book associated with Joel.' The noun phrase pattern 'Book of [Name]' is cross-linguistically common and therefore a B1 learner who knows the words will readily infer this MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Book of Joel is the name for a short book in the 'Old Testament' that contains the 'prophecies' of the prophet Joel. Because it is literally Joel's written words, the phrase now means that specific biblical book.