{"id":1997,"date":"2019-05-27T17:18:37","date_gmt":"2019-05-27T16:18:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/?page_id=1997"},"modified":"2019-05-27T17:26:44","modified_gmt":"2019-05-27T16:26:44","slug":"in-the-beginning-creation-myths-from-ancient-egypt-and-the-near-east","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/?page_id=1997","title":{"rendered":"In the Beginning&#8230;Creation myths from Ancient Egypt and the Near East"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Joanne Backhouse and Michael Tunnicliffe<\/p>\n<p>Focusing on the four main creation myths from Ancient Egypt and the Bible.<br \/>\nThis study day will examine how ancient\u00a0 societies viewed the creation of the world and how this influenced their religious beliefs. Textual evidence and artistic representations will be considered. How the beliefs compare, and contrast will be discussed.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Recommended reading<\/span>:<br \/>\nPinch, G. (2002) Egyptian Mythology: A guide to the Gods, Goddesses, and Traditions of Ancient Egypt. Oxford: University Press, pp. 59-89.<br \/>\nQuirke,S.(1992) Ancient Egyptian Religion. London: British Museum Press. pp. 21-51.<br \/>\nGenesis 1-2, Psalm 8, Psalm 104, Proverbs 8, Job 38.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dayschool<\/strong>: Saturday, <strong>11th May 2019<\/strong> <strong>Time<\/strong>: 10.30-16.30<\/p>\n<p><strong>Venue<\/strong>:<br \/>\nCross Street Chapel, Cross Street, Manchester, M2 1NL<\/p>\n<table class=\"wp-block-table\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Price<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Concessions<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Minimum No.<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Maximum No.<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\u00a3110<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>16<\/td>\n<td>30<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>To book, complete the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/MANCENT-booking-form-new.pdf\" data-slimstat=\"3\">MANCENT booking form<\/a> and send it with payment to Dr Joanne Backhouse, 42 Urmston Road, Wallasey\u00a0 Merseyside, CH45 7LG <strong>Phone<\/strong>: 0791 4538840\u00a0 <strong>Email<\/strong>: joback42@liverpool.ac.uk<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Joanne Backhouse and Michael Tunnicliffe Focusing on the four main creation myths from Ancient Egypt and the Bible. This study day will examine how ancient\u00a0 societies viewed the creation of the world and how this influenced their religious beliefs. Textual evidence and artistic representations will be considered. How the beliefs compare, and contrast will be [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2002,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1997","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1997","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1997"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1997\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2001,"href":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1997\/revisions\/2001"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2002"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1997"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}