Some commentators suggest that Joel lived in the 9th century BC, whereas others assign him to the 5th or 4th century BC. The dating of his book is similarly debated; there are no mentions of kings that might help locate it in time. The book's mention of
Greeks has not given scholars any help in dating the text since the Greeks were known to have had access to
Judah from
Mycenaean times (c. 1600–1100 BC). However, the book's mention of
Judah's suffering and to the standing temple have led some scholars to place the date of the book in the post-exilic period, after the construction of the
Second Temple. Joel was originally from
Judah/
Judea, and, judging from its prominence in his prophecy, was quite possibly a prophet associated with the ritual of
either Solomon's or the Second temple, depending on the date when he lived. According to a long-standing tradition, Joel was buried in
Gush Halav. ==In Christianity==