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