Babylonian Captivity - Exilic Literature

Exilic Literature

The Exilic period was a rich one for Hebrew literature. The Hebrew historians of the Exile include 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 Daniel 1–6, Susanna, Bel and the Dragon, the "Story of the Three Youths" (1 Esdras 3:1–5:6), and the books of Tobit and Book of Judith.