Chapter XXXIV: Section XCI: The Jews in Palestine and Egypt. GENERAL QUESTIONS

1. What did the final destruction of Jerusalem in 586 mean to the Jewish people? 2. Describe the structure and contents of the book of Lamentations. 3. Its probable authorship and date. 4. Its theme and historical value. 5. The condition of the Jews who were left in Palestine. 6. The numbers of the Jews in Egypt. 7. The life of the Jewish colony at Elephantine. 8. The character and service of the temple of Jahu.

SUBJECTS FOR SPECIAL RESEARCH: 1. The literary history of the book of Lamentations. McFadyen, _Introd._, 294-7; Driver, _Lit. of the O.T._, 456-65. 2. History of Egypt from 600 to 560 B.C. Breasted, _Hist, of the Ancient Egyptians_, 404-18. 3. The discoveries at Elephantine. Sayce and Cowley, _Aramaic Papyri Discovered at Assuan_; Sachau, _Drei aramäische Papyrururkunden aus Elephantine_.