22. Describe the burnt-offerings of ancient Hebrew religion. What was the difference between ordinary sacrifices and special "whole burnt-offerings"? 23. Describe the life of the poor people of Israel in the time of Jeroboam II and the prophet Amos. 24. How did Amos criticize the religion of burnt-offerings? 25. What false ideas of God did Hosea combat? 26. How did Hosea come to think of God as loving and merciful? 27. How were superstitious ideas about God used by greedy priests and fortune-tellers in Micah's day to extort money from the people? 28. What did Micah say were the essential things in religion? 29. Why did the Jews in Isaiah's time seek for alliances with foreign countries? 30. How were these alliances connected with the worship of foreign gods? 31. What were some of the sayings of Isaiah in which he taught the lesson of faith in the one true God? 32. What plan did Isaiah devise to educate disciples in his religious teachings? 33. What was the historical connection between the study circles of Isaiah and the law-book of Deuteronomy? 34. To what extent did the law-book of Deuteronomy lead to the practice of the teachings of the prophets? 35. How did this law compromise in the matter of burnt-offerings and other sacrifices? 36. What did the prophet Jeremiah think of the law-book of Deuteronomy? Did he favor it or condemn it? Explain. 37. Describe the life of the exiles in Babylon. 38. How did they keep alive their faith in Jehovah? 39. Where else besides Babylonia were large numbers of Hebrew exiles to be found? 40. With what hopes did the Jews comfort themselves after the destruction of Jerusalem? 41. In what two ways did Nehemiah help the Jews in Jerusalem to a happier life? 42. Tell the story of the growing use of prayer and hymn books in the religious worship of the Jews. 43. Why did many of the Jews become more narrowly prejudiced against foreigners after the destruction of Jerusalem? 44. What influences tended to make some of the Jews in this period more broad-minded and friendly toward foreigners? 45. Mention some writings from this period which helped the cause of the broader patriotism. 46. What two kinds of special schools and teachers grew up among the Jews? 47. Describe the daily scenes in the group of listeners around one of the old wise men. 48. What were some weaknesses and faults in the education of the scribes? 49. What contributions did the Greeks bring to the civilization of the Jews in Canaan? 50. Why were the Jews specially discontented under the rule of the Romans? 51. In what four periods of their history were the Jews happiest? 52. How did Jesus fulfill and broaden out the national hopes of the Jews? A SHORT LIST OF BOOKS THROWING LIGHT ON HEBREW LIFE AND TIMES Kent and Bailey: _History of the Hebrew Commonwealth_. George A. Barton: _Archaeology and the Bible_. Charles Reynolds Brown: _The Story Books of the Early Hebrews_. Harold B. Hunting: _The Story of Our Bible_.