Chapter XXXVI: Section XCIII: The Closing Years of the Babylonian Rule. GENERAL

QUESTIONS. 1. Describe the different influences that transformed the Jews into a literary people. 2. The nature of their literary activity. 3. The Old Testament books that were written or re-edited during this period. 4. The general character of the Holiness Code. 5. The national hopes inspired by the liberation of Jehoiachin. 6. The character of Nabonidus. 7. The effects of his rule. 8. The early conquests of Cyrus. 9. His capture of Babylon. 10. His policy toward conquered peoples.

SUBJECTS FOR SPECIAL RESEARCH: 1. Contents and history of the Holiness Code. _St. O.T._, IV, 36-42; McFadyen, _Introd. to O.T._, 31-4. 2. The last decade of Babylonian history. Goodspeed, _Hist. of Babs. and Assyrs._, 367-76; Kent, _Hist. J.P._, 66-77. 3. Character and reign of Cyrus. Herodotus, I, 95, 108-30, 177-214; Hastings, _D.B._, I, 541-2; Rawlinson, _Anc. Monarchies_, IV, VII; Duncker, _Hist. of Antiq._, V.