Chapter XXXVIII: Section XCV: Zechariah's Visions and Encouraging Addresses. GENERAL

QUESTIONS: 1. Describe the evidence that Zechariah wrote from the point of view of a priest. 2. The structure and contents of his book. 3. The problems of the Judean community. 4. Their hopes of a national revival. 5. Zechariah's assurances. 6. The steps that were taken to make Zerubbabel king. 7. Evidence that the popular kingly hopes were disappointed. 8. The content of Zechariah's later sermons. 9. The hopes which he inspired in his fellow-countrymen.

SUBJECTS FOR SPECIAL RESEARCH: 1. Origin of the apocalyptic type of prophecy. _Jewish Encyc._, I, 669-73; _St. O.T._, Ill, 42-3; Hastings, _D. B., I_, 109-10. 2. The popular messianic hopes of the period. _St. O.T._, III, 44-5, 472-86. 3. The establishment of Darius' authority. Herodotus, II, 67-86; Ragozin, _Media_, XIII; Hastings, _D. B._, I, 558.