Course Information


Course Information
Course Title Code Semester L+U Hour Credits ECTS
MAJOR THEMES OF THE QUR’AN EDP107 1. Semester 2 + 0 2.0 3.0

Prerequisites None

Language of Instruction English
Course Level Bachelor's Degree
Course Type Compulsory
Mode of delivery Face to face
Course Coordinator
Instructors Esra GÖZELER
Assistants
Goals To have the first-year divinity students identify the relevation, the history of Qur'anic text, formal features and the content of the Qur'an in terms of its major themes (Tawḥīd, Human Being, Prophethood, Hereafter, Ethics, Worships and Ahl-al-Kitāb)
Course Content Introduction to the Course - The Qurʾān: Text and History - Tawḥīd in the Qurʾān - Human Being in the Qurʾān - Prophet Stories in the Qurʾān I - Prophet Stories in the Qurʾān II - Prophet Stories in the Qurʾān III - The Prophet Muhammad in the Qurʾān - Hereafter in the Qurʾān - Ethical Behaviours in the Qurʾān - Worships (ʿibādāt) in the Qurʾān I - Worships (ʿibādāt) in the Qurʾān II - Ahl al-Kitāb in the Qurʾān
Learning Outcomes 1) Students will explain the history of Qur'anic text.
2) Students will explain the major themes of the Qur'an.
3) Students will earn the structural characteristics of the Qur'an.
4) Students will explain the intergrity of the Qur'an within itself through examples.

Weekly Topics (Content)
Week Topics Teaching and Learning Methods and Techniques Study Materials
1. Week Introduction to the Course Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion

 Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
2. Week The Qurʾān: Text and History Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion

 Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
3. Week Tawḥīd in the Qurʾān Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion

 Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
4. Week Human Being in the Qurʾān Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion

 Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
5. Week Prophet Stories in the Qurʾān I Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion

 Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
6. Week Prophet Stories in the Qurʾān II Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion

 Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
7. Week Prophet Stories in the Qurʾān III Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion

 Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
8. Week The Prophet Muhammad in the Qurʾān Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion

 Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
9. Week Hereafter in the Qurʾān Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion

 Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
10. Week Ethical Behaviours in the Qurʾān Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion

 Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
11. Week Worships (ʿibādāt) in the Qurʾān I Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion

 Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
12. Week Worships (ʿibādāt) in the Qurʾān II Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion

 Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
13. Week Ahl al-Kitāb in the Qurʾān Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion

 Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
14. Week Evaluation Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion

 Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time)

Sources Used in This Course
Recommended Sources
Al-Azami, Muhammad Mustafa. The History of the Qur’ānic Text (Leicester: UK Islamic Academy, 2003)
al-Itqān fī ʿUlūm al-Qurʾān. Volume 1. Translated by Ḥamid Algar, Michael Schub and Ayman Abdel Ḥaleem (Reading: Garnet Publishing, 2011)
al-Suyūṭī, Jalāluddīn. al-Itqān fī ʿUlūm al-Qurʾān
Demirci, Muhsin. Kur’an’ın Temel Konuları (İstanbul: Marmara Üniversitesi İlahiyat Fakültesi Vakfı Yayınları, 2003)
Fazlur Rahman. Major Themes of the Qur’an (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2009)
Özsoy, Ömer & İlhami Güler. Konularına Göre Kur’an (Sistematik Kur’an Fihristi) (Ankara: Fecr Yayınevi, 2016)

Relations with Education Attainment Program Course Competencies
Program RequirementsContribution LevelDK1DK2DK3DK4
PY150000
PY250000
PY350000
PY450000

*DK = Course's Contrubution.
0 1 2 3 4 5
Level of contribution None Very Low Low Fair High Very High
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ECTS credits and course workload
Event Quantity Duration (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Course Duration (Total weeks*Hours per week) 14 2
Work Hour outside Classroom (Preparation, strengthening) 14 1
Homework 13 1
Presentation (Including Preparation Time) 13 1
Midterm Exam 1 1
Time to prepare for Midterm Exam 2 5
Final Exam 1 1
Time to prepare for Final Exam 2 5
Total Workload
Total Workload / 30 (s)
ECTS Credit of the Course
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