1. Describe the conditions in the Judean community during the seventy
years following the rebuilding of the temple. 2. The forces that kept
alive the spiritual life of the Jews. 3. The indications that Isaiah 40-66
were written in Palestine. 4. The probable date of these chapters.
5. Their distinctive literary characteristics. 6. The purpose for which
they were written.
SUBJECTS FOE SPECIAL RESEARCH: 1. The organization of the Persian
Empire under Darius. Goodspeed, _Hist, of Anc. World_, 62-3; Ragozin,
_Media_, 384-91; Sayce, _Anc. Empires_, 247-50; _En. Bib_., I, 1016-7.
2. The Persian invasions of Europe. Goodspeed, _Anc. Hist._, 122-8;
Herodotus, IV, 1-142; Ragozin, _Media_, 412-29; Bury, _Hist. of Greece_,
265-96; Botsford, _Hist. of Greece_, 127-36. 3. Contents and literary
characteristics of Isaiah 40-48. _St. O. T_., Ill, 27-30; Cobb, in
_Jour, of Bib. Lit_., XXVII, 48-64; Box, _Isaiah_, 179-237.