649–609 BCE),[8] Habakkuk (possibly shortly before the battle of Carchemish, 605 BCE);[9] first edition of the Deuteronomistic history (books of Joshua/Judges/Samuel/Kings) in the reign of Josiah;[10] Deuteronomy 5–26 in the reign of Josiah.[11] Exilic 6th century BCE 586–539 BCE Core of Obadiah around the fall of Jerusalem, 586 BCE.[12] Completion of Deuteronomistic history (Joshua/Judges/Samuel/Kings).[13] Deuteronomy expanded with addition of chapters 1–4 and 29–30 to serve as an introduction to the Deuteronomistic history.[11] Jeremiah active in the last decade of the 7th century and first decades of the 6th;[14] Ezekiel active in Babylon 592–571 BCE;[15] "Second Isaiah" (author of Isaiah 40–55) active in Babylon around mid-century.[16] Expansion and reshaping of Hosea, Amos, Micah and Zephaniah.[17] Possible early Psalms collection (psalms "of David") ending with psalm 89.[17] Post-exilic Persian 5th–4th centuries BCE 538–330 BCE Torah (books of Genesis/Exodus/Leviticus/Numbers), with 250 BCE as terminus ad quem (last possible date) for the production of the final text on the basis of the extant manuscript evidence.[18][19] Deuteronomy revised with expansions to chapters 19–25 and addition of chapter 27 and 31–34 to serve as conclusion to the Torah.[11] "Third Isaiah" (Isaiah 56–66)[16] Later version (the Masoretic Hebrew version) of Jeremiah[20] Haggai (self-dated to the second year of the Persian king Darius 520 BCE),[21] Zechariah (chapters 1–8 contemporary with Haggai, chapters 9–14 from the 5th century)[22] Malachi (5th century BCE, contemporaneous or immediately prior to the missions of Nehemiah and Ezra)[23] Chronicles (between 400–250 BC, probably in the period 350–300 BCE)[24] Origins of Ezra–Nehemiah (may have reached its final form as late as the Ptolemaic period, c.