1. What role did Moses, Solomon, and the Babylonian Captivity play in Jewish history?
2. How did the Hebrew conception of God break decisively with Near Eastern religious thought?
3. How did Hebrew religious thought promote the idea of moral autonomy?
4. What was the covenant, and what role did it play in Hebrew history?
5. What was the Hebrew view of slaves and women? What do you think is the significance of this view for Western history?
6. Compare Hebrew law with that of Mesopotamia and Egypt.
7. Why did the Hebrews consider history important?
8. How did parochialism and universalism influence ancient Hebrew thought and history?
9. What role did the prophets play in Hebrew history? What ideals did they preach what influence did those exert? To what extent can the Hebrews be regarded as a source of Western civilization?