500
550
40
0
450
575
525
475
425
587
539
Babylonian
Captivity
Babylon
Defeated
+
+ 520 Foundation of the new Temple laid
EARLY
POSTEXILIC PERIOD (539-332)
PERSIAN
PERIOD (538-332)
Fall of
Jerusalem;
Temple Destroyed
586
+
Jehoiakim
597
587
Zedekiah
Jehoiachim
Ezekiel
+ Kingdom
of Judah Ceases to Exist
Cyrus
550
530
Edict of
Cyrus
539
+
Cambyses
522
Darius I
486
Xerxes I
465
Artaxerxes
I
424
Darius II
428
Deuteronomic
History
560
550
Making
of the Priestly (P) Source
Merging
of JE + P
JEP + D
Joshua
Revised
Malachi
?
?
432-424
Job
Esther
474
Ezra
444
Reads
Temple Scroll
Nehemiah
445
Rebuild
Jerusalem’s Walls
Restoration
period
Haggai
520
Begins to Prophesy
Zechariah
520
Begins to Prophesy
Ezra
Nehemiah
1-2 Kings
Final Version
1-2
Samuel Final
Jeremiah
2 Isaiah
40-56
3
Isaiah 56-66
Haggai
Ezekiel
550
521
486
Zechariah
1-8
520
500
Malachi
1-2
Chronicles
Proverbs
Lamentations
Jonah
Psalms
Final Form
580
Baruch
597
538
593
571
Daniel
535
?
?
480
miah
450
+ 516 Temple is completed
?
?
?
?
BABYLONIAN
PERIOD
