Joel and the Temple Cult of Jerusalem

166 Pages·1997·21.08 MB·English

by  Gösta W. Ahlström

JOEL
AND THE TEMPLE CULT
OF JERUSALEM
SUPPLEMENTS
TO
VETUS TESTAMENTUM
EDITED BY
THE BOARD OF THE QUAR TERLY
G. W. ANDERSON - P. A. H. DE BOER - G. R. CASTELLINO
HENRY CAZELLES - E. HAMMERSHAIMB - H. G. MAY
W. ZIMMERLI
VOLUME XXI
LEIDEN
J.
E. BRlLL
1971
JOEL
AND THE TEMPLE CULT
OF JERUSALEM
BY
w.
G. AHLSTROM
LEIDEN
J.
E. BRILL
1971
Copyright 1971 by E. J. Bri!!, Leiden, Netherlands
All rights reserved. No part 01 this book may_ be reproduced or
translated in an)' form, by print, photoprint, microlilm, microfiche
or any other means without wrltten permission Irom the publisher
PRINTED IN THE NETHERLANDS
To RIE

CONTENTS
Foreword .. IX
Abbreviations XI
I. Word Studies 1
II. Covenant Phraseology 23
III. Cult Terms and Cult Practices 35
IV. The Day of Yahweh . 62
V. Hammäreh 1i~däqäh . 98
VI. The Time of the Book 111
VII. Composition 130
Index of Passages . 138
Index of Authors . 147

FOREWORD
This investigation is the result of many years of study of the book
of ] oel and of the many problems it presents to the modern scholar.
There are still many things that remain unknown, but if some of the
results of my work will lead the discussion in new directions, I will
have accomplished my goal. A main thesis in the following discussion
is that the prophet has not borrowed motifs and ideas from the
Canaanite cultus, as has sometimes been advocated. Rather, the book
of ]oel describes what was going on in the ]erusalem temple cultus
in his own time.
I wish to thank Reverend lohn R. Donahue, 5.]., and Reverend
lohn W. Brubaker for their help on the complexities of English
composition and for retyping the manuscript.
A.S.O.R.
East ] erusalem, December 1969
G. W. AHLSTRÖM