Section CIX.  The Effect of Persecution on the Jews.  GENERAL QUESTIONS:  1.  Describe the uprising led by Mattathias. 2.  The methods adopted by the rebels. 3.  The origin and political principles of the Hasideans or Pious. 4.  The evidence regarding the date of the visions in Daniel 7-12. 5.  Their literary character. 6.  Their meaning and aims. 7.  The identification of the four heathen kingdoms. 8.  The message of hope presented in these chapters. 9.  Its effect upon the persecuted Jews.

SUBJECTS FOR SPECIAL RESEARCH:  1.  The town of Modein.  Kent, Bib.  Geog. and Hist., 210-2; Smith, Hist.  Geog. of Holy Land, 212. 2.  Contents and literary history of the book of Daniel.  McFadyen, Introd. to O.T., 316-31; Driver, L.  O.T., 438-515; Hastings, D.B., I, 552-7.

Section CX.  The Victories that Gave the Jews Religious Liberty.  GENERAL QUESTIONS:  1.  Describe the characteristics that fitted Judas to be a great political leader. 2.  The odds against which he and the Jews contended. 3.  The physical contour of western Palestine. 4.  The defeat of Apollonius. 5.  Of the Syrian army under Seron. 6.  The details of the battle of Emmaus. 7.  The significance of the victory at Bethsura. 8.  The restoration of the temple service. 9.  The effect of the persecutions upon the Jews.

SUBJECTS FOR SPECIAL RESEARCH:  1.  Greek military equipment and methods of warfare.  Gulick, Life of the Anc.  Greeks, 188-205. 2.  The western headlands of Judah.  Kent, Bib.  Geog. and Hist., 40-2; Smith, Hist.  Geog. of Holy Land, 286-320. 3.  Comparison of Judas with other great military commanders.  Conder, Judas Maccabaeus; Bevan, Jer. under the High Priests, 97-9; Smith, O.T.  Hist., 465.

Section CXI.  The Long Contest for Political Independence.  GENERAL QUESTIONS:  1.  Describe the attitude of the heathen nations toward the Jews. 2.  The political problems that confronted them. 3.  The Jewish attitude toward the heathen reflected in the book of Esther. 4, Judas’s east-Jordan campaign. 5.  Results of the battle of Beth-zacharias. 6.  The re-establishment of Syrian authority. 7.  The victories over Nicanor. 8.  The causes which resulted in the death of Judas. 9.  Conditions in the Syrian court which gave the Jews their great opportunity. 10.  The character and policy of Jonathan. 11.  The honors and authority granted him by the rival Syrian kings.

SUBJECTS FOR SPECIAL RESEARCH:  1.  The history and value of the book of Esther.  Paton, Esther; Hastings, D.  B., I, 773-6; En.  Bib., II, 1400-5. 2.  The Syrian history of the period.  Bevan, Jer. under the High Priests, 100-6; Smith, O.T.  Hist., 465-9. 3.  The scenes of Judas’s east-Jordan campaign.  Kent, Bib.  Geog. and Hist., 214-7.

Section CXII.  Peace and Prosperity under Simon.  GENERAL QUESTIONS:  1.  Describe the political intrigues which resulted in the death of Jonathan. 2.  The character and rule of Simon. 3.  His extension of the Jewish territory. 4.  The authority granted him by the Jews. 5.  His development of the temple service. 6.  The causes that led to the completion of the Psalter. 7.  The religious life and faith reflected in the later psalms.