Definition of "post-exilic" [post-exilic]

• Same as post-exilian.

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "In the book of Jonah, which most scholars consider post-exilic, God showers compassionate forgiveness on sinners in the faraway city of Nineveh."
• "Ruth, another book that is commonly, though less confidently, dated post-exilic, also features fresh international bonding."
• "In the post-exilic period, there has been dispute between Samaritans and Judahites/Judeans/Jews about Mount Gerizim vs. Jerusalem (see John 4 in the NT) as the appropriate cultic site."