y 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.

SUBJECTS FOR SPECIAL RESEARCH: 1. Compare the characters of the three
brothers, Judas, Jonathan, and Simon. 2. The guilds of temple singers.
Hastings, _D.B._, IV, 92-3; Wellhausen, _The Book of Psalms_ (in _S.B.
O.T._), 217-9. 3. The evidence that many of the psalms come from the
Maccabean period. Hastings, _D.B._, IV, 152-3; Cheyne, _Origin of the
Psalter_.

Section CXIII. The Rule of John Hyrcanus and Aristobulus. GENERAL
QUESTIONS: 1. Describe the intrigue that resulted in the death of Simon.
2. The Syrian invasion under Antiochus Sidetes. 3. The character of John
Hyrcanus. 4. His military policy. 5. His conquests in the north and
south. 6. The reasons why he lost the support of the Pharisees. 7. The
significant events in the reign of Aristobulus.

SUBJECTS FOR SPECIAL RESEARCH: 1. Contemporary conditions in the Syrian
kingdom. _En. Bib._, IV, 4356-60; Gardner, _The Seleucid Kings of Syria_.
2. The history of the Idumeans. Hastings, _D.B._, I, 644-6; _En. Bib._,
II, 1181-8; Buhl, _Edomites._ 3. Compare the policy of John Hyrcanus with
that of David.

Section CXIV. The Pharisees, Sadducees, and Essenes. GENERAL
QUESTIONS: I. Describe the influences that gave rise to the party of
the Pharisees. 2. Of the Sadducees. 3. The characteristics and beliefs
of the Pharisees. 4. Of the Sadducees. 5. The political influence of
these parties. 6. The characteristics of the sect of the Essenes.
7. Their beliefs.

SUBJECTS FOR SPECIAL RESEARCH: 1. The party of the Pharisees. Hastings,
_D.B._, III, 821-8; _En. Bib._, IV, 4321-9. 2. The Sadducees. Hastings,
_D.B._, IV, 349-51; _En. Bib._, IV, 4234-40. 3. The points of contact
between Essenism and Christianity. Hastings, _D.B._, I, 767-72; _En.
Bib._, II, 1396-1400; Thomson, _Books which Influenced Our Lord_, 75-122;
Cheyne, _Origin of the Psalter_, 418-21, 446-9.

Section CXV. The Life and Faith of the Jews of the Dispersion. GENERAL
QUESTIONS: 1. Describe the life of the Jews in Antioch and Asia Minor.
2. The privileges granted them by the Syrian king. 3. The number of the
Jews in Egypt. 4