{"id":6914,"date":"2025-08-18T18:40:30","date_gmt":"2025-08-18T17:40:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/?page_id=6914"},"modified":"2025-09-01T13:16:05","modified_gmt":"2025-09-01T12:16:05","slug":"isaiah-40-66","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/?page_id=6914","title":{"rendered":"Isaiah 40-66"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Michael Tunnicliffe<\/p>\n<p>The last chapters of the book of Isaiah form a distinctive section. With its references to Babylon and the end of Exile chapters 40-55 seem to come from around 540BC just before the capture of Babylon by Cyrus II, and his edict allowing Jews to return and rebuild Jerusalem. They promise a glorious future in a renewed land. The reality though was not so rosy and chapters 56-66 seem to come from a generation later when the returned exiles were struggling somewhat. The course will explore 2-3 chapters per week of this important part of the book of Isaiah.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Recommended reading (for publication in brochure):\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0Bring a Bible<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Any up to date commentary on Isaiah 40-66<\/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\u00a0 weeks, from<strong> 30th September\u00a0 to\u00a0 \u00a09 December 2025 with a half-term break at 28th October 2025<\/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\">\u00a348<\/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<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michael Tunnicliffe The last chapters of the book of Isaiah form a distinctive section. With its references to Babylon and the end of Exile chapters 40-55 seem to come from around 540BC just before the capture of Babylon by Cyrus II, and his edict allowing Jews to return and rebuild Jerusalem. They promise a glorious [&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-6914","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6914","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=6914"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6914\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6916,"href":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6914\/revisions\/6916"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6914"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}