{"id":561,"date":"2016-12-09T20:28:10","date_gmt":"2016-12-09T20:28:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/?page_id=561"},"modified":"2016-12-09T20:28:27","modified_gmt":"2016-12-09T20:28:27","slug":"the-book-of-daniel","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/?page_id=561","title":{"rendered":"The Book of Daniel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Michael Tunnicliffe<\/p>\n<p>Daniel is the only true apocalyptic book in the Hebrew Bible. Yet it is a curious work. Many will know its stories of the Fiery Furnace and the Lion\u2019s Den but be unfamiliar with the dream sequences in the second half of the book. Its date is much debated with very different conclusions reached by conservative and liberal scholars, which in turn affects how the book is interpreted. The imagery of Daniel also had a profound influence on the New Testament and later apocalyptic text. The course examines the many theories about its possible meaning.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Recommended reading (for publication in brochure):\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Davies P.R, 1985 <em>Daniel<\/em>, JSOT Press<\/li>\n<li>Collins J, J, 1994 <em>Daniel Fortress Press<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Goldingay J.E, 1989 <em>Daniel<\/em>, Word Books<\/li>\n<li>Lacoque, A. 1979 <em>The Book of Daniel<\/em>, SPCK<\/li>\n<li>Newsom C, (2014) <em>Daniel <\/em>Westminster John Knox<\/li>\n<li>Porteous N, 1979 <em>Daniel<\/em> (2nd ed.) SCM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Day: Tuesday\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Time<\/strong>: 13.00-15.00<\/p>\n<p>10 meetings, starting 10th January to 21st March 2017<\/p>\n<p><strong>Venue:<br \/>\n<\/strong>Birch Community Centre,<br \/>\nBrighton Grove,<br \/>\nManchester,<br \/>\nM14 5JT<\/p>\n<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<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\u00a380<\/td>\n<td>n\/a<\/td>\n<td>8<\/td>\n<td>20<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><b><\/b>To book, complete the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/MANCENT-booking-form-new.pdf\">MANCENT booking form<\/a>\u00a0and send it with payment to<\/p>\n<p>Michael Tunnicliffe, 5 St.George\u2019s Way, Northwich, CW9 8XG <strong>phone<\/strong>: 01606 42116 \u00a0<strong>email<\/strong>: mtunni@sky.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michael Tunnicliffe Daniel is the only true apocalyptic book in the Hebrew Bible. Yet it is a curious work. Many will know its stories of the Fiery Furnace and the Lion\u2019s Den but be unfamiliar with the dream sequences in the second half of the book. Its date is much debated with very different conclusions [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-561","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/561","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=561"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/561\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":563,"href":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/561\/revisions\/563"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=561"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}