{"id":5280,"date":"2023-08-15T16:52:47","date_gmt":"2023-08-15T15:52:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/?page_id=5280"},"modified":"2023-08-24T17:29:29","modified_gmt":"2023-08-24T16:29:29","slug":"the-book-of-revelation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/?page_id=5280","title":{"rendered":"The Book of Revelation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Michael Tunnicliffe<\/p>\n<p>Revelation is one of the most controversial and misunderstood books in the Bible. This course examines the social, political and cultural setting that gave birth to the genre of apocalyptic writings. We will explore what John of Patmos was trying to say to the people of his own time. How did he utilise this new type of literature which drew on ancient mythological themes? We will also investigate the ways in which the book has been interpreted or misinterpreted over the centuries<\/p>\n<p><strong>SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS:\u00a0<\/strong>Bring a Bible<\/p>\n<p><strong>Recommended reading :\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Any up-to-date commentary or introduction on the book of revelation<\/p>\n<p><strong>Day:\u00a0 Tuesdays\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Time: 13.00-15.00\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><b>START DATE<\/b>: 10 weeks, from <strong>26 September<\/strong> to <strong>5th December 2023, with a half term break on 24th October, 2023<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Please note: this is a face-to-face course.<\/p>\n<p><b>VENUE<\/b>:<br \/>\nBirch Community Centre,<br \/>\nBrighton Grove,<br \/>\nManchester, M14 5JT<\/p>\n<p><strong>Price for the Series:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<table width=\"560\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"52\"><strong>Price<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"119\"><strong>Concessions<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"168\"><strong>Minimum No.<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"221\"><strong>Maximum No.<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"52\">\u00a380<\/td>\n<td width=\"119\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"168\">8<\/td>\n<td width=\"221\">15<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Please contact: Michael Tunnicliffe 5 St George\u2019s Way, Northwich, CW9 8XG,\u00a0<strong>phone<\/strong>: 01606 42116\u00a0<strong>email<\/strong>: mtunni@sky.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michael Tunnicliffe Revelation is one of the most controversial and misunderstood books in the Bible. This course examines the social, political and cultural setting that gave birth to the genre of apocalyptic writings. We will explore what John of Patmos was trying to say to the people of his own time. How did he utilise [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5445,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5280","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5280","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=5280"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5280\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5358,"href":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5280\/revisions\/5358"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5445"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5280"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}