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Daniel and Esther: life in exile

Daniel and Esther depict life under foreign rule. Chronicles retells the rise and fall; Ezra-Nehemiah tells of rebuilding under imperial shadow.

Every corner of the canon addresses defeat.

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Only Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and the Song of Songs don't relate explicitly to defeat, but they too belong to the post-defeat educational project.

Source: Why the Bible Began, pp. 146

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