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Course Information
Course Title Code Semester L+U Hour Credits ECTS
HISTORY AND METHODOLOGY OF THE QUR’ANIC EXEGESIS EDP120 2. Semester 4 + 0 4.0 4.0

Prerequisites None

Language of Instruction English
Course Level Bachelor's Degree
Course Type Compulsory
Mode of delivery
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Goals Giving to the students Interpretation of the Qur'an and its interpretation methods in the history. Again, the theoretical and functional aspects of the interpretation of the methods that occurred in the history are discussed
Course Content Tafsir narrations that shaped the first forms of interpretation, later emerged linguistic studies, ‘rivaya’ and ‘diraya’ styles and their kinds. At the same time, dealing with the problems that a person faces with the Quranic texts and tafsir methodology that tries to find solutions of these problems
Learning Outcomes 1) Learns the perception of the person who meets with the Qur'anic text
2) Learns the general information about the approaches of the prominent names in the Quranic interpretation from one century to the other.
3) Learns the differences of interpretation which arise from the differences in the approach of Qur'an.

Weekly Topics (Content)
Week Topics Teaching and Learning Methods and Techniques Study Materials
1. Week Introduction Lecture
Panel
Problem Based Learning 		Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
2. Week History of the Qur'ān – Makkî and Madanî Lecture; Question Answer; Problem Solving
Brainstorming
Problem Based Learning 		Homework
3. Week Hist. of the diff. read.of the Qur'ān (Qirā'āt) – Asbāb al-nuzul Lecture; Question Answer; Problem Solving
Brainstorming
 Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
4. Week Internal order of the Qurān / Introduction to Tafsîr - Nāsikh wa al-mansukh Lecture; Question Answer; Problem Solving
Brainstorming; Debate
 Homework
5. Week Tafsîr Activities of Companions and Successors - Muhkam wa al-Mutashābihāt Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Brainstorming
 Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
6. Week Isrā'iliyyāt – al-Ḥuruf al-muqaṭṭa'a / Aqsām al-Qur'ān Lecture; Question Answer
Brainstorming
 Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
7. Week Tafsîr Activities Before al-Ṭabarî Discussion
Brainstorming
Project Based Learning 		Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
8. Week Tafsîr bi riwāyah ( Interpretation with tafsir reports) and al-Ṭabarî Lecture
Brainstorming
 Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
9. Week Midterm Exams Lecture
Brainstorming
 Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
10. Week Tafsîr bi dirāyah (Interpretation with free opinions) and al-Rāzî Lecture; Question Answer
Brainstorming
 Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
11. Week Tafsîr in the Ottoman Empire - I'cāz al-Qur'ān / Vujûh wa nazā'ir Lecture; Question Answer
Brainstorming
 Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
12. Week Amthāl al-Qur'ān / Qıṣaṣ al-Qur'ān / Takrār al-Qur'ān Lecture; Question Answer
Brainstorming
 Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
13. Week Contemporary Tafsîr Tendencies Lecture; Question Answer; Problem Solving
Brainstorming
 Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
14. Week Article Analysis: Mehmet Akif Koç “The Influence of Western Qur'anic Scholarship in Turkey”, Journal of Qur’anic Studies, 14:1 (2012), s.9-44 and General Repetition Lecture; Question Answer

 Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time)

Sources Used in This Course
Recommended Sources
Abd al-Halim, The New Translation of the Qur’an, Oxford University Press, 2005 (Introduction part)
Adnan Demircan & Rıfat Atay, “Tafsîr in Early Islam”, The Qur’an: an Encyclopaedia, ed. Oliver Leman
Ahmad von Denffer, Introduction to the Qur’an, Studies in Islam and the Middle East ePublishing services (majalla.org)
al-Ṭabari, The Commentary on the Qur’an, being an abridged translation from Jāmi'al bayān 'an ta'wîl āy al-Qur'ān, Oxford University Press, 1987 (Introduction part)
Encyclopaedia of Islam (second edition), “Tafsîr”, “Qur'ān”, “al-Ṭabarî”, “Fakr al-Dîn al-Rāzî, “Riwāyah” and “Dirāyah”

ECTS credits and course workload
Event Quantity Duration (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Work Hour outside Classroom (Preparation, strengthening) 14 3
Homework 14 1
Presentation (Including Preparation Time) 14 1
Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.) 12 1
Seminar 10 3
Quiz 1 1
Final Exam 1 2
Time to prepare for Final Exam 1 8
Total Workload
Total Workload / 30 (s)
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