Course Information


Course Information
Course Title Code Semester L+U Hour Credits ECTS
HISTORY AND METHODOLOGY OF THE QUR’ANIC EXEGESIS EDP108 2. Semester 4 + 0 4.0 5.0

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
2. Week History of the Qur'ān – Makkî and Madanî Lecture
Workshop
Project Based Learning 		Homework
3. Week Hist. of the diff. read.of the Qur'ān (Qirā'āt) – Asbāb al-nuzul Lecture
Brainstorming
Project Based Learning 		Homework
4. Week Internal order of the Qurān / Introduction to Tafsîr - Nāsikh wa al-mansukh Lecture
Brainstorming
Project Based Learning 		Homework
5. Week Tafsîr Activities of Companions and Successors - Muhkam wa al-Mutashābihāt Lecture
Brainstorming
Project Based Learning 		Homework
6. Week Isrā'iliyyāt – al-Ḥuruf al-muqaṭṭa'a / Aqsām al-Qur'ān Lecture
Brainstorming
Project Based Learning 		Homework
7. Week Tafsîr Activities Before al-Ṭabarî Lecture
Brainstorming
Project Based Learning 		Homework
8. Week Tafsîr bi riwāyah ( Interpretation with tafsir reports) and al-Ṭabarî Lecture
Brainstorming
Project Based Learning 		Homework
9. Week Midterm Exams Lecture
Brainstorming
Project Based Learning 		Homework
10. Week Tafsîr bi dirāyah (Interpretation with free opinions) and al-Rāzî Lecture
Brainstorming
Project Based Learning 		Homework
11. Week Tafsîr in the Ottoman Empire - I'cāz al-Qur'ān / Vujûh wa nazā'ir Lecture
Brainstorming
Project Based Learning 		Homework
Tafsîr in the Ottoman Empire - I'cāz al-Qur'ān / Vujûh wa nazā'ir Lecture
Brainstorming
Project Based Learning 		Homework
12. Week Amthāl al-Qur'ān / Qıṣaṣ al-Qur'ān / Takrār al-Qur'ān Lecture
Brainstorming
Project Based Learning 		Homework
13. Week Contemporary Tafsîr Tendencies Lecture
Brainstorming
Project Based Learning 		Homework
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
Brainstorming
Project Based Learning 		Homework

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”
Mehmet Akif Koç, “A Comparison of the References to Muqātil b. Sulaymān (150/767) in the Exegesis of al-Tha‛labī (427/1036) with Muqātil’s Own Exegesis,” Journal of Semitic Studies, LIII/1 (2008), 69-101
Mehmet Akif Koç, “Isnâds and Rijâl Expertise in the Exegesis of Ibn Abî Hâtim (327/939)”, Der Islam 82-1 (2005), 146-68
Oliver Leman, “Tafsîr – Salafi Views”, The Qur’an: an Encyclopaedia, ed. Oliver Leman, Routledge, 2006
Peter Riddel, “al-Ṭabarî”, The Qur’an: an Encyclopaedia, ed. Oliver Leman, Routledge, 2006

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ECTS credits and course workload
Event Quantity Duration (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Course Duration (Total weeks*Hours per week) 14 4
Work Hour outside Classroom (Preparation, strengthening) 14 1
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 1
Time to prepare for Final Exam 1 8
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