Chapter LII: Section CIX: The Effect of Persecution on the Jews. GENERAL QUESTIONS

1. Describe the uprising led by Mattathias. 2. The methods adopted by the rebels. 3. The origin and political principles of the Hasideans or Pious. 4. The evidence regarding the date of the visions in Daniel 7-12. 5. Their literary character. 6. Their meaning and aims. 7. The identification of the four heathen kingdoms. 8. The message of hope presented in these chapters. 9. Its effect upon the persecuted Jews.

SUBJECTS FOR SPECIAL RESEARCH: 1. The town of Modein. Kent, _Bib. Geog. and Hist._, 210-2; Smith, _Hist. Geog. of Holy Land_, 212. 2. Contents and literary history of the book of Daniel. McFadyen, _Introd. to O.T._, 316-31; Driver, _L. O.T._, 438-515; Hastings, _D.B._, I, 552-7.