Chapter LIII: Section CX: The Victories that Gave the Jews Religious Liberty. GENERAL

QUESTIONS: 1. Describe the characteristics that fitted Judas to be a great political leader. 2. The odds against which he and the Jews contended. 3. The physical contour of western Palestine. 4. The defeat of Apollonius. 5. Of the Syrian army under Seron. 6. The details of the battle of Emmaus. 7. The significance of the victory at Bethsura. 8. The restoration of the temple service. 9. The effect of the persecutions upon the Jews.

SUBJECTS FOR SPECIAL RESEARCH: 1. Greek military equipment and methods of warfare. Gulick, _Life of the Anc. Greeks_, 188-205. 2. The western headlands of Judah. Kent, _Bib. Geog. and Hist._, 40-2; Smith, _Hist. Geog. of Holy Land_, 286-320. 3. Comparison of Judas with other great military commanders. Conder, _Judas Maccabaeus_; Bevan, _Jer. under the High Priests_, 97-9; Smith, _O.T. Hist._, 465.