THE GREEK AND MACCABEAN AGE
Section CIV. THE JEWS UNDER THEIR GREEK RULERS
I Mac. 1:1-4, Jos. Ant. XI, 8:7a, e, XII, 1:1b-d, g-j, 2:1a, 5d, e, 4:1d-f, 2a-f, 3b, 4a-c, 5a-c. e, 6a, 3:3a, b, c-e.
I. Josephus's Histories.—II. Alexander's Conquests.—III. The Jews in
Egypt and Alexandria.—IV. The Rule of the Ptolemies.—V. Fortunes of the
Jews of Palestine.—VI. Conquest of Palestine by the Seleucids In 311 B.C.
Section CV. THE WISE AND THEIR TEACHINGS
Prov. 1:2-6, 8:1-6, 13-27, 29-35, 13:14,20, 24:5, 12:10, 20:13, 23:16, 29-35, 29:20, 15:23, 19:11, 16:32, 23:36-28, 4:25-27, 14:15, 26:12, 27:2, 4:23, 11:6, 21:3, 15:1, 3:27, 14:21, 19:17, 25:21,22, 3:11,12, 1:5,6.
I. Structure and Authorship of the Book of Proverbs.—II. Date of the
Different Collections.—III. The Wise in Israel's Early History.—
IV. Their Prominence in the Greek Period.—V. Their Aims.—VI. Their
Methods.—VII. Their Important Teachings.
Section CVI. THE DIFFERENT CURRENTS OF THOUGHT IN JUDAISM DURING THE GREEK PERIOD
Ps. 19:7-14, 46, 22:27-30, Jonah 1, 2:1,10, 3, 4, Eccles. 1:12-18, 2:1-17, 24-26.
I. The Ritualists.—II. The Legalists.—III. The Disciples of the
Prophets.—IV. The Date and Character of the Book of Jonah.—V. Its
Teachings.—VI. The Book of Ecclesiastes.—VII. Koheleth's Philosophy of
Life.