After publishing my previous post, it occurred to me that in some cases it might sound like I am using the word late in a pejorative sense. This is, in fact, how some scholars (and theologians!) use the term. If something is late then it is not original. It is not fresh. It can be ignored.
This is not, however, how I am using the word. Just because something is late does not mean that it is not a part of the Bible. It is still in the canon and is still authoritative. Things that are early are no better or worse than things that are late.
I am not one of those who is trying to place everything in the pre-exilic period. Neither do I view everything as late as the Scandinavian school does. I want to know the date of the texts I am studying, but I am no happier with an early or late text. They are all part of the history of ancient Israel.