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HU Credits:
4
Degree/Cycle:
1st degree (Bachelor)
Responsible Department:
Arabic Language and Literature
Semester:
1st Semester
Teaching Languages:
Hebrew
Campus:
Mt. Scopus
Course/Module Coordinator:
Prof. Meir Bar Asher
Coordinator Office Hours:
Wednesday 13:30-14:00
Teaching Staff:
Prof Meir Bar-Asher
Course/Module description:
This course aims to develop the students’ acquaintance with the structure, style, and themes of the Qurʾān. Additionally, the students will be introduced to “Tafsīr al-Jalālayn”, a Qurʾān commentary composed by Jalāl al-Dīn al-Maḥallī (d. 864/1459), and completed by his student Jalāl al-Dīn al-Suyūṭī (d, 911/1505). Relevant texts from additional exegetical works on the Qurʾān by well-known commentators will be discussed as well, among them Muqātil b. Sulaymān, al-Ṭabarī, al-Zamakhsharī, al-Bayḍāwī, al-Qurṭubī, etc. The 19th Sūra (Sūrat Maryam) and especially the story of the birth of Yaḥyā (John the Baptist) and ʿĪsā (Jesus) will be the focus of our study. Sūrat Maryam will be read in comparison with parallel texts in the Qurʾān (the 3rd Sūra [Āl ʿImrān]) and in additional sources such as the Gospel of Luke and “The Gospel of Pseudo-Matthew”, many stories and details of which are echoed in the Qurʾān.
Course/Module aims:
During this course, the students will learn about the structure, style, and themes of the Qurʾān. Additionally, the students will be introduced to “Tafsīr al-Jalālayn”, a Qurʾān commentary composed by Jalāl al-Dīn al-Maḥallī (d. 864/1459), and completed by his student Jalāl al-Dīn al-Suyūṭī (d. 911/1505).
Learning outcomes - On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
1. Acquaintance with the various aspects of the Qurʾān and its exegesis, by reading it in comparison with The Bible, The New Testament, and additional relevant sources.
2. Acquaintance with the relevant secondary literature and additional resources available both printed and online.
Attendance requirements(%):
Students may miss no more than two meetings during the semester.
Teaching arrangement and method of instruction:
This course will focus on reading the Arabic sources. Special attention will be given to the full vocalization of the texts, the various names and terms in them, and their interpretation in the correct context of literature and exegesis. The students will be required to prepare the texts in advance, using dictionaries and additional reference works which will be introduced in class. Furthermore, the students will be required to be familiar with the relevant secondary literature, which will be partially discussed in class
Course/Module Content:
The 19th Sūra (Sūrat Maryam) and especially the story of the birth of Yaḥyā (John the Baptist) and ʿĪsā (Jesus) will be the focus of our study. Sūrat Maryam will be read in comparison with parallel texts in the Qurʾān (the 3rd Sūra [Āl ʿImrān]) and in additional sources such as the Gospel of Luke and “The Gospel of Pseudo-Matthew”, whose stories and details echo in the Qurʾān. Following this, verse 157 of the 4th Sūra (al-Nisāʾ), which negates the crucifixion of Jesus, will be discussed, on the basis of Muslim exegesis and the doctrine of Docetism, held by Gnostic and Christian groups since the beginning of Christianity. After reading the verses about Christianity, we will discuss the verses about Abraham from the same Sūra, and analyze them in their broader biblical context. The semester will end with reading the 80th Sūra (ʿAbasa), alongside Tafsīr al-Jalālayn and Jawāmiʿ al-Jāmiʿ by the well-known Shīʿī commentator Abū ʿAlī l-Faḍl b. al-Ḥasan al-Ṭibrisī.
Required Reading:
We will mostly read from Tafsīr al-Jalālayn. Articles and additional reading material will appear on the course website (moodle).
Additional Reading Material:
1) Muhammad Ali Amir-Moezzi (editor), Dictionnaire du Coran, ed. Paris 2007, 982 pp.
2) J.D. McAuliff (editor), Encyclopaedia of the QurÞ Án, Leiden-Boston-Köln, 2001- 2006, 5 volumes + 1 volume (index).
3) R. Bell & W.M.Watt, Introduction to the QurÞ Án, Edinburgh 1953.
4) M. Cook, The Koran: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford 2000.
5) A. Jeffery, The Foreign Vocabulary of the QurÞ Án, Baroda 1938.
6) ------------, Materials for the History of the Text of the QurÞ Án, Leiden 1937.
7) جلال الدين السيوطي، الإتقان في علوم القرآن، بيروت، بدون تأريخ.
8) محمد بن عبد الله الزركشي، البرهان في علوم القرآن، تحقيق مصطفى عبد القادر عطا، بيروت 1988/1408.
9) ) محمد حسين الذهبي، التفسير والمفسرون، بيروت، بدرون تأريخ.
10) I. Goldziher, Die Richtungen der islamischen Koransauslegung, Leiden 1920
11) H. Gätje, The QurÞ Án and its Exegesis: Selected Texts with Classical and Modern
Muslim Interpretations, translated and edited by A.T.Welch, London 1976.
12) محمد فؤاد عبد الباقي، المعجم المفهرس لألفاظ القرآن الكريم، بدون مكان،1981/1401.
13) إبن مجاهد، كتاب السبعة في القراءات، القاهرة 1400 ه.
14) أبو عمرو عثمان بن سعيد الداني، التيسير في القرءات السبع، إستنبول 1930.
15) أبو الخير محمد بن محمد ابن الجزري، النشر في القرءات العشر، بيروت 2002/1423
16) الحسين بن أحمد بن خالويه، الحجة في القرءات السبع، بيروت 1999/1420
17) عبد الرحمن بن محمد بن زنجلة، حجة القرءات، بيروت 1997/1418
18) محمد بن أحمد الذهبي، معرفة القراء الكبار، بيروت 1997/1417.
19) محمد بن محمد إبن الجزري، غاية النهاية في طبقات القرّاء، بيروت 1982/1402.
Course/Module evaluation:
End of year written/oral examination 65 %
Presentation 0 %
Participation in Tutorials 15 %
Project work 0 %
Assignments 0 %
Reports 0 %
Research project 0 %
Quizzes 20 %
Other 0 %
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