| CODE | ARB2026 | ||||||||
| TITLE | The Qur’ân: Its Recitation and Interpretation | ||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 02 - Years 2, 3 in Modular Undergraduate Course | ||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 5 | ||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 4 | ||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Middle Eastern and Asian Languages and Cultures | ||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | The study-unit provides an introduction to the text of the Qur’ân as well as to the methods of recitation and commentary. The following topics will be explored: 1. The Evolution of the Qur’ân as Text; 2. The External Form of the Qur’ân and its Literary Genres; 3. The Qur’ân in the Daily Life of the Muslim; 4. Major Themes in the Qur’ân; 5. The Qur’ân and Western Scholarship; 6. Exegetical Principles and Concepts; 7. Modern Muslim Approaches to Qur’ânic Exegesis; 8. The Qur’ân and Hadīth as Sources and Inspiration of Classical Islamic Philosophical Discourse. Study-unit Aims 1. To provide the student with a better knowledge of the history of the text of the Qur’ân and its implications for the daily life of the Muslim Community. 2. To aid towards a better appreciation of the literary and aesthetic qualities of the Qur’ân as well as its reception by both Western and Muslim scholarship. Learning Outcomes 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: i. Understand the main themes of the Qur’ân and the principles underlying its interpretation; ii. Acquire a better knowledge of its teachings and their applications in Muslim life. 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: i. Better appraise the status of the Qur’ân as both text and scripture within and outside the Muslim community; ii. Understand the application by Muslim and non-Muslim scholars of the various tools at their disposal for the interpretation of the text of the Qur’ân. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings - Brown, Daniel. A New Introduction to Islam, Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, 2009. - Cook, Michael. Muhammad, Oxford: Oxford University Press. 1983. - Cook, Michael. The Koran. A very short introduction, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000. - Gatje, Helmut,The Quran and its Exegesis: Selected Texts with Classical and Modern Muslim Interpretations, Routledge and Kegan Paul, London 1971. - Montgomery Watt, William & Bell, R., Introduction to the Qur’ân, Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh 1977. - Rippin, Andrew (ed.), Approaches to the History of the Interpretation of the Quran, Clarendon Press, Oxford 1988. - Robinson, Neal. Discovering the Quran: A Contemporary Approach to a Veiled Text, (2nd. Ed.), Georgetown University Press, 2004. |
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| ADDITIONAL NOTES | Pre-requisite: Basic knowledge of Arabic | ||||||||
| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture | ||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Joseph Ellul |
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