Background to Persian Period
I.
“Liberal” Reconstruction
of Literary History
- Epics
(J and E)
- Various
poetic material, annals, etc.
II.
The Destruction of the
Northern Kingdom (722-721BCE)
- Isaiah/early
(“latter”) prophets
III.
Reforms of Josiah (2
Kings 22-23)
IV. Babylonian Captivity (586BCE)
- 2
Kings 25 (many to Babylon)
- Psalm
79, 137
- Jeremiah
25, 29 (to Egypt)
- Ezekiel,
Daniel (in Babylon)
V. Preparation
for Return (ca. 538BCE)