QUESTIONS. 1. Describe the different influences that transformed the Jews
into a literary people. 2. The nature of their literary activity.
3. The Old Testament books that were written or re-edited during this
period. 4. The general character of the Holiness Code. 5. The national
hopes inspired by the liberation of Jehoiachin. 6. The character of
Nabonidus. 7. The effects of his rule. 8. The early conquests of Cyrus.
9. His capture of Babylon. 10. His policy toward conquered peoples.
SUBJECTS FOR SPECIAL RESEARCH: 1. Contents and history of the Holiness
Code. _St. O.T._, IV, 36-42; McFadyen, _Introd. to O.T._, 31-4. 2. The
last decade of Babylonian history. Goodspeed, _Hist. of Babs. and
Assyrs._, 367-76; Kent, _Hist. J.P._, 66-77. 3. Character and reign
of Cyrus. Herodotus, I, 95, 108-30, 177-214; Hastings, _D.B._, I,
541-2; Rawlinson, _Anc. Monarchies_, IV, VII; Duncker, _Hist. of
Antiq._, V.