Editing Babylonian captivity (section)

==Exilic literature==
The exilic period was a rich source for Hebrew literature. Biblical depictions of the exile include [[Book of Jeremiah]] 39–43 (which saw the exile as a lost opportunity); the final section of [[2 Kings]] (which portrays it as the temporary end of history); [[2 Chronicles]] (in which the exile is the "Sabbath of the land"); and the opening chapters of Ezra, which records its end. Other works from or about the exile include the stories in [[Book of Daniel|Daniel]] 1–6, [[Susanna (Book of Daniel)|Susanna]], [[Bel and the Dragon]], the "Story of the Three Youths" ([[1 Esdras]] 3:1–5:6), and the books of [[Book of Tobit|Tobit]] and [[Book of Judith|Judith]].<ref>Rainer Albertz, [https://books.google.com/books?id=Xx9YzJq2B9wC&pg=PA15 ''Israel in exile: the history and literature of the sixth century BCE'' (page 15 link)] Society for Biblical Literature, 2003, pp. 4–38</ref> The [[Book of Lamentations]] arose from the Babylonian captivity. The final redaction of the [[Pentateuch]] took place in the Persian period following the exile,<ref name="Finkelstein" />{{rp|310}}and the [[Priestly source]], one of its main sources, is primarily a product of the [[post-exilic period]] when the former Kingdom of Judah had become the Persian province of Yehud.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Blum |first=Erhard |chapter=Issues and Problems in the Contemporary Debate Regarding the Priestly Writings |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=10E4LpK732sC&pg=PA31 |editor=Sarah Shectman, Joel S. Baden |title=The strata of the priestly writings: contemporary debate and future directions |publisher=Theologischer Verlag |year=1998 |pages=32–33|isbn=9783290175368 }}</ref>