OF Joel the son of Pethuel we know nothing, save what little we can glean from the three chapters forming his message to Israel. Jewish tradition places him in the days of Uzziah; but authoritative proof there is none. His name means, Jehovah is God; and his father's name, Vision, or, Wisdom of God, according to some; or, Be ye enlarged (or persuaded), according to another.The immediate circumstances of his testimony seem to be these. The land of...