Chapter XXXVII: Section XCIV: The Rebuilding of the Temple. GENERAL QUESTIONS

Describe the contents and literary history of the books of Ezra and Nehemiah. 2. Their authorship. 3. The Chronicler's peculiar ideas regarding the restoration. 4. Revolutions in the Persian Empire that aroused the Jews to action. 5. Haggai's appeal to the Judean community. 6. Measures taken to stop the rebuilding of the temple. 7. Meaning of the rebuilding of the temple to the Jewish race.

SUBJECTS FOR SPECIAL RESEARCH: 1. The historical value of Ezra and Nehemiah. Torrey, _Composition and Historical Value of Ezra and Nehemiah,_ or _Ezra Studies_, 62-251. 2. The first two decades of Persian history. Goodspeed, _Hist. of Ancient World_, 60-2; Ragozin, _The Story of Media_, II; Meyer, _Anc. Hist_., 88-93. 3. Evidence that there was no general return of the Jews in 536 B.C. Kent, _Hist. J.P._, 126-36; Torrey, _Ezra Studies_, 297-307.