> The choice to present some of this book as poetry and some of it as prose must have meant something to “Joel” and to the original readers and recorders and preservers of this book.

@TRiG I'm not convinced that there really does always need to be such a sharp distinction between genres. To me the question more becomes whether 1:19 is intended to somehow break the flow of the text (stylistically, thematically or grammatically). Personally I wouldn't say it matters quite as much whether it's a breakaway line of prose or a continuation of the poetry.

@TRiG The discussion in the latter part of that blog post is hopelessly anachronistic. I hardly know where to start ... so I won't! :)

@Dɑvïd I'm curious to know your objections. If you wouldn't mind expanding, I'd like to hear.

Any Greek-types in here happen to know whether Apollonius' Canon + Corollary come from Classical Greek studies or if it's only a Koine/NT thing?