Joel
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Joel is a prophetic book in the Old Testament that focuses on themes of divine judgment, repentance, and the coming "day of the Lord."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Joel canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5373412 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Joel Context triple: [Protestant Bible, containsBook, Joel]
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A.
Joel
Joel is a masculine given name of Hebrew origin meaning "Yahweh is God," commonly used in many English-speaking and other countries.
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B.
Joel Cairo
Joel Cairo is a sly, effeminate, and duplicitous criminal figure in Dashiell Hammett’s novel "The Maltese Falcon," known for his involvement in the hunt for the jewel-encrusted statuette.
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C.
Joel Reynolds
Joel Reynolds is a fictional protagonist whose story centers on his personal experiences and development within the narrative from which he is drawn.
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D.
Joel Harrison
Joel Harrison is an American jazz guitarist and composer known for his genre-blending work that fuses jazz with rock, classical, and world music influences.
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E.
Joel Miller
Joel Miller is the hardened, emotionally scarred survivor and smuggler who serves as the central protagonist of the post-apocalyptic video game and television series "The Last of Us."
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Joel Target entity description: Joel is a prophetic book in the Old Testament that focuses on themes of divine judgment, repentance, and the coming "day of the Lord."
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A.
Joel
Joel is a masculine given name of Hebrew origin meaning "Yahweh is God," commonly used in many English-speaking and other countries.
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B.
Joel Cairo
Joel Cairo is a sly, effeminate, and duplicitous criminal figure in Dashiell Hammett’s novel "The Maltese Falcon," known for his involvement in the hunt for the jewel-encrusted statuette.
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C.
Joel Reynolds
Joel Reynolds is a fictional protagonist whose story centers on his personal experiences and development within the narrative from which he is drawn.
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D.
Joel Harrison
Joel Harrison is an American jazz guitarist and composer known for his genre-blending work that fuses jazz with rock, classical, and world music influences.
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E.
Joel Miller
Joel Miller is the hardened, emotionally scarred survivor and smuggler who serves as the central protagonist of the post-apocalyptic video game and television series "The Last of Us."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Book of the Bible
ⓘ
Prophetic book ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Minor prophets
ⓘ
linked to:
The Twelve Minor Prophets
|
| attributedAuthor | Prophet Joel ⓘ |
| audience | People of Judah and Jerusalem ⓘ |
| canonicalOrder |
Second book among the Minor Prophets in many Christian Bibles
ⓘ
Second book among the Twelve in the Hebrew Bible ⓘ |
| canonicalStatus | Canonical scripture ⓘ |
| citedIn | Acts of the Apostles ⓘ |
| eschatologicalConcept |
Cosmic signs before the day of the Lord
ⓘ
Final judgment of nations ⓘ
linked to:
Final Judgment
|
| focusesOn |
Call to national repentance
ⓘ
Future blessing after repentance ⓘ Judgment on Judah ⓘ |
| genre | Prophetic literature ⓘ |
| historicalContext | Post-exilic or late pre-exilic period (scholarly debate) ⓘ |
| keyVerse |
Joel 2:12–13
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Joel 2:28–32 ⓘ |
| language | Biblical Hebrew ⓘ |
| liturgicalUse | Read in Jewish and Christian worship ⓘ |
| mentions | Locust plague ⓘ |
| moralEmphasis | Sincere heart repentance over outward ritual ⓘ |
| notablePassage | Promise of the Spirit poured out on all flesh ⓘ |
| partOf |
Hebrew Bible
ⓘ
linked to:
Tanakh
Neviim ⓘ Old Testament ⓘ
linked to:
Christian Old Testament
The Twelve Minor Prophets ⓘ |
| portraysDeityAs |
Just judge
ⓘ
Merciful and gracious ⓘ |
| religiousTradition |
Christianity
ⓘ
Judaism ⓘ |
| setting |
Land of Judah
ⓘ
linked to:
Judea
|
| structure |
Four chapters in the Hebrew Bible
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Three chapters in most Christian Bibles ⓘ |
| testament |
Old Testament
ⓘ
linked to:
Christian Old Testament
|
| theme |
Divine judgment
ⓘ
Outpouring of God’s spirit ⓘ Repentance ⓘ Restoration ⓘ The day of the Lord ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Joel Description of subject: Joel is a prophetic book in the Old Testament that focuses on themes of divine judgment, repentance, and the coming "day of the Lord."
Referenced by (1)
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