This work assembles some of the finest scholars who have contributed to study and examination of the impact of the exile in biblical literature. Past, present, and future scholars examining the 6th century B.C.E. through historical and archeological (including paleoclimatology), literary, and the social sciences have been assembled. Approximately twelve papers from among the twenty papers presented over the four sessions (parallel to a sizable conference on the exile) will be represented in this volume. The book will be organized in a traditional history of scholarship manner, i.e., moving from historical to sociological. It should be noted that within each subcategory, there is a forward progressive movement from a traditional starting point (Klein, Olson, Wilson) ending at the progressive or cutting edge (Beck, Ahn). Jill Middlemas will open the volume with and introductory essay. John Ahn will close off the volume by pointing to the field of "forced migration studies" as a way to help better define and demarcate the import of 597, 587, and 582.

IntroductionJill Middlemas, University of AarhusHistorical & Archeological Ralph W. Klein, Lutheran School of Theology at ChicagoIsrael in Exile after Thirty Years Rainer Albertz, Universität MünsterMore than a Myth: The Reality and Significance of Exile for the Political, Social, and Religious History of Judah Hans M. Barstad, University of EdinburghThe Exile: A Neo-Babylonian Perspective Bob Becking, Utrecht UniversityGlobal Warming and the Babylonian Exile LiteraryDennis T. Olson, Princeton Theological SeminaryFrom Horeb to Nebo: Moses, Exile, and the Promise of Home in Exodus 2:1-3:6 and Deuteronomy 34 Pamela Barmash, Washington UniversityReimagining Exilic Catastrophe through the Lens of the Exodus Martien A. Halvorson-Taylor, University of VirginiaWhat is Exile in Jeremiah's Book of Consolation? Sociological Robert R. Wilson, Yale UniversityThe Exile and the Shape of the Prophetic LiteratureDaniel Smith-Christopher, Loyola Marymount UniversityReading Exile: Sociological and Literary Agendas Lester L. Grabbe, University of Hull"They Never Returned": Were the Babylonian Jewish Settlers Exiles or Pioneers?John Ahn, Austin Presbyterian Theological SeminaryForced Migration Studies as a New Approach to the Study of the Exilic Period