QUESTIONS: 1. Describe the evidence that Zechariah wrote from the point
of view of a priest. 2. The structure and contents of his book. 3. The
problems of the Judean community. 4. Their hopes of a national revival.
5. Zechariah's assurances. 6. The steps that were taken to make Zerubbabel
king. 7. Evidence that the popular kingly hopes were disappointed.
8. The content of Zechariah's later sermons. 9. The hopes which he
inspired in his fellow-countrymen.
SUBJECTS FOR SPECIAL RESEARCH: 1. Origin of the apocalyptic type of
prophecy. _Jewish Encyc._, I, 669-73; _St. O.T._, Ill, 42-3; Hastings,
_D. B., I_, 109-10. 2. The popular messianic hopes of the period. _St.
O.T._, III, 44-5, 472-86. 3. The establishment of Darius' authority.
Herodotus, II, 67-86; Ragozin, _Media_, XIII; Hastings, _D. B._, I, 558.