Further events in the life of the Jewish people did not make it into the Bible. In 63 B.C., the Holy Land was conquered by the Roman general Pompey. From that time on, Palestine, with its four provinces, became subject to Rome and paid tribute to it. Soon power was concentrated in the hands of a cunning Edomite named Antipater, who managed to gain the trust of Rome. From Antipater, power passed to his son, the cruel Herod the Great, who in 37 B.C. declared himself "king of the Jews." He was the first king to call himself Jewish without being of Jewish descent. Under him, in the small city of Bethlehem, the true King and Savior of the world, Christ, was born. Thus was fulfilled the prophecy of the Patriarch James, spoken two thousand years before the birth of Christ: "The scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor the lawgiver from her loins, until the Mediator comes, and to Him shall be the obedience of the nations" (Gen. 49:9-11).

4. Teaching books

Content:

Introduction. The Book of Job. Psalter. The meaning of the Psalter. The Book of Proverbs of Solomon. The Book of Ecclesiastes. The Book of the Song of Songs. The Book of the Wisdom of Solomon. The Book of the Wisdom of Jesus, the Son of Sirach. Conclusion on the Teaching Books. Selected parables.

"The Lord gives wisdom; out of His mouth is knowledge and understanding"

(Proverbs of Solomon 3:6).