Studies in Old Testament History Part 15

What great reforms were effected by a scribe?

What t.i.tle has been given to him?

What were the events connected with the separation of the Samaritans?

Who were the prophets of the restoration?

By whom was the Old Testament canon arranged?

What brought on the Greek period?

What events of Jewish history were connected with Alexander the Great?

Under what people did the Jews fall afterward?

What were the events of the Egyptian rule?

What is the Septuagint?

How was its translation regarded by the Jews of Palestine?

In what kingdom, after Egypt, did Judea fall?

How was it governed by its new masters?

Who inst.i.tuted a great persecution?

What was the effect of this persecution?

Who led the Jews in revolt?

What great hero arose at this time?

What line of rulers arose in his family?

What was the growth of the Jewish state at this time?

What sects of the Jews arose?

How did Judea fall under the Roman power?

Whom did the Romans establish as king?

What were his dominions?

What building did he erect?

How was his kingdom divided after his death?

What finally became of Judea?

Subjects for Special Papers.

CYRUS THE EMANc.i.p.aTOR.

THE CONQUESTS OF ALEXANDER.

JUDAS MACCABEUS.

THE JEWISH SECTS.

HEROD THE GREAT.

THE JEWS OF THE DISPERSION.

FOOTNOTE:

[L] The origin of this t.i.tle is obscure. Some regard it as meaning "the hammer," like a similar name in the Middle Ages, Charles Martel. Others say that it was a part of the Hebrew inscription on the banner of Judas, "Micamo Ka Baalim Jehovah," "Who is like unto thee among the G.o.ds, O Jehovah?" Still others that it was made up as a sort of charm from the last letters of the words Abraham, Isaac, Jacob. The Maccabean princes were also called Asmoneans.