Ahlström, G. W. Joel and the Temple Cult of Jerusalem. VTSup 21. Leiden: Brill, 1971. A study of the setting and content of the book.

Barton, J. Joel and Obadiah: A Commentary. OTL. Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press, 2001. A useful mainline look at historical and linguistic backgrounds. Joel is pages xiii–xviii, 1–111.

Bergler, Siegfried. Joel als Schriftinterpret. BEATAJ 16. Frankfurt: Peter Lang, 1988. An important study of word and sound play, vocabulary, and inner biblical exegesis.

Bliese, L. F. “Metrical Sequences and Climax in the Poetry of Joel.” Occasional Papers in Translation and Textlinguistics 2/4 (1988): 52–84. An analysis of the poetics of the prophecy.

Borowski, Oded. Agriculture in Iron Age Israel. Winona Lake, Ind.: Eisenbrauns, 1987. A useful illustrated study especially relevant for this prophecy.

Crenshaw, J. L. Joel. AB. New York: Doubleday, 1995. An important work of contemporary, mainline biblical scholarship.

Finley, Thomas J. “Joel.” Pages 11–76 in Joel, Amos, Obadiah. WEC. Chicago: Moody Press, 1996. Useful in-depth analysis of Hebrew text. Mostly accessible to those without Hebrew.

Hubbard, D. A. “Joel.” Pages 21–85 in Joel and Amos: An Introduction and Commentary. TOTC. Downers Grove, Ill.: InterVarsity Press, 1989.

Keller, C.-A. “Joël.” Pages 99–155 in Osée, Joël, Abdias, Jonas, Amos. CAT 11a. Neuchatel: Delachaux & Niestlé, 1965. A French commentary especially helpful in its literary analysis.

Limburg, J. “The Book of Joel.” Pages 55–77 in Hosea–Micah. Interpretation. Atlanta: John Knox, 1988. A brief commentary seeking to find application for the church.

Prinsloo, Willem S. The Theology of the Book of Joel. BZAW 163. Berlin: de Gruyter, 1985. An analysis of structure and inner-biblical exegesis as well as theology.

Prior, David. The Message of Joel, Micah & Habakkuk. Pages 17–102. BST. Downers Grove, Ill.: InterVarsity Press, 1998. While not a complete commentary per se, the volume provides useful exegetical and practical insights.

Redditt, Paul L., and Aaron Schart. Thematic Threads in the Book of the Twelve. BZAW 325; Berlin: de Gruyter, 2003. A helpful collection of essays on the Minor Prophets as a whole, with several aiding the interpretation of Joel.

Simkins, Ronald. Yahweh’s Activity in History and Nature in the Book of Joel. Lewiston, N.Y.: Mellen, 1991. A detailed, often technical study especially useful in its discussion of nature and the Day of the Lord.

Stuart, Douglas. “Joel.” Pages 221–71 in Hosea–Jonah. WBC. Waco, Tex.: Word, 1987. A useful commentary by a leading evangelical exegete.

Wolff, H. W. “Joel.” Pages 3–86 in Joel and Amos. Hermeneia. Philadelphia: Fortress, 1977. A leading German scholar who provides a detailed exegesis of the book, which he holds is a literary unity.