Chapter XLIX: Section CVI: The Different Currents of Thought in Judaism during the

Greek Period. GENERAL QUESTIONS: 1. Why were there many different currents of thought in Judaism during this period? 2. Describe the character and aims of the ritualists. 3. Of the legalists. 4. Of those who laid especial emphasis upon the teaching of the earlier prophets. 5. The evidence regarding the date of the book of Jonah. 6. The meaning of the story. 7. Its teaching. 8. The history of the book of Ecclesiastes. 9. Its point of view. 10. Its philosophy of life.

SUBJECTS FOR SPECIAL RESEARCH: 1. The Chronicler's conception of the origin of Israel's institutions. Curtis, _Chronicles_, Introd.; Torrey, _Ezra Studies_, 208-38; _St. O. T_., II, 22-8. 2. Greek myths parallel to the story of Jonah. _En. Bib_., II, 2568-9; Taylor, _Primitive Culture_, I, 306. 3. A comparison of Koheleth's philosophy and teaching with those of the author of Omar Khayyam.