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_.