1. Describe the character of Alexander Janneus. 2. His military policy.
3. His treatment of his subjects. 4. The extension of Jewish territory.
5. The effects of his rule. 6. Alexandra's policy. 7. The fatal mistakes
of the Pharisees. 8. The suicidal quarrels between her sons, Hyrcanus and
Aristobulus. 9. The intrigues of Antipater. 10. The appeal to Rome.
11. Pompey's intervention and capture of Jerusalem. 12. The causes of the
fall of the Maccabean kingdom. 13. The political effects of the Maccabean
struggle. 14. The impression which it made upon Israel's faith. 15. The
new spirit that it inspired in the Jews.
SUBJECTS FOR SPECIAL RESEARCH: 1. Rome's policy and campaigns in the
East. Goodspeed, _Hist. of Anc. World_, 311-9; Seignobos, _Hist. of Rom.
People_, 126-30. 2. Rome's earlier relation to the Jewish kingdom. 3. The
character and career of Pompey. Goodspeed, _Hist. of Anc. World_, 343-9;
Botsford, _Hist. of Rome_, 175-80, 183-9; Morey, _Outlines of Roman
Hist._, ch. 20.
THE RULE OF ROME