{"id":2256,"date":"2019-07-03T18:32:04","date_gmt":"2019-07-03T17:32:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/?page_id=2256"},"modified":"2019-07-03T18:32:04","modified_gmt":"2019-07-03T17:32:04","slug":"from-seth-to-satan-evil-in-the-ancient-near-east","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/?page_id=2256","title":{"rendered":"From Seth to Satan &#8211; Evil in the Ancient Near East"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Joanne Backhouse and Michael Tunnicliffe<\/p>\n<p>This course will examine how the concept of evil is developed and personified in ancient Egypt and the Bible.<\/p>\n<p>The gods Seth and Aphosis will be consider from the Egyptian pantheon, both key figures in the maintenance of the Egyptian cosmos. Wisdom texts illustrate the guiding principles by which the Egyptians sought to live, demonstrating the concepts of good and evil.<\/p>\n<p>By contrast the figure of Satan only appears three times in the Old Testament but is much more prominent in the New. How did this change come about and what images did the biblical writers draw on for their concept of an evil force at odds with God? How did later theologians and artists develop these ideas?<\/p>\n<p>Recommended reading:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Quirke, S. (1992) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Ancient-Egyptian-Religion-Stephen-Quirke\/dp\/0714109665\"><em>Ancient Egyptian Religion<\/em><\/a>. London: British Museum Press (particularly Chapters Two and Three)<\/li>\n<li>Lichtheim, M. (1973) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Ancient-Egyptian-Literature-Middle-Kingdoms\/dp\/0520248422\/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=Lichtheim+Ancient+Egyptian+Literature%3A+The+Old+and+Middle+Kingdoms&amp;qid=1562152284&amp;s=books&amp;sr=1-1\"><em>Ancient Egyptian Literature: The Old and Middle Kingdoms<\/em><\/a>. Berkeley: University of California Press. (Part One: V. Didactic Literature)<\/li>\n<li>Lichtheim, M. (1976) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Ancient-Egyptian-Literature-New-Kingdom\/dp\/0520248430\/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=Lichtheim+Ancient+Egyptian+Literature%3A+The+new+Kingdom&amp;qid=1562152416&amp;s=books&amp;sr=1-1\"><em>Ancient Egyptian Literature: The New Kingdom<\/em><\/a>. Berkeley: University of California Press. (Part Four: Instructions)<\/li>\n<li>Bible Texts with commentaries &#8211; Genesis 3, Job 1-2, Zechariah 3, Luke 4:1-11, 2 Thessalonians 2, Revelation 12-13<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Day<\/strong>: Saturday 9 November 2019\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <strong>Time<\/strong>: 10.30am \u2013 4.30pm<\/p>\n<p><strong>Venue<\/strong>:<br \/>\nCross Street Chapel, Cross Street, Manchester\u00a0 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>\u00a340<\/td>\n<td>n\/a<\/td>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td>30<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Please send your\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/MANCENT-booking-form-new.pdf\" data-slimstat=\"3\">MANCENT booking form<\/a> with accompanying payment to one of the address below. If you prefer to pay through BACS, please contact one of the lecturers for further particulars.<br \/>\n<strong>Contact details:<br \/>\n<\/strong>Dr Joanne Backhouse, 42 Urmson Road, Wallasey, Merseyside\u00a0 CH45 7LG<br \/>\n<strong>email:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"mailto:joback42@liverpool.ac.uk\" data-slimstat=\"5\">joback42@liverpool.ac.uk<\/a> \u00a0 <strong>phone:<\/strong> 07724 947963<br \/>\nMichael Tunnicliffe, 5 St Georges Way, Northwich\u00a0 CW9 8XG<br \/>\n<strong>email: <\/strong><a href=\"mailto:mtunni@sky.com\">mtunni@sky.com<\/a>\u00a0 <strong>phone:<\/strong> 01606 42116<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Joanne Backhouse and Michael Tunnicliffe This course will examine how the concept of evil is developed and personified in ancient Egypt and the Bible. The gods Seth and Aphosis will be consider from the Egyptian pantheon, both key figures in the maintenance of the Egyptian cosmos. 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