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Introduction to the Qur’an 2011
ICS6037 INTRODUCTION TO THE QUR'AN
July 18-22, 2011
Dr. Peter Riddell
Course Description: In this course you will engage first and foremost with the Qur’an, but also with associated Islamic writings, and through that process you will gain an understanding of the contribution of Qur’anic and post-Qur’anic writings to Islamic thought. The course will devote special attention to how the Qur’an and its associated materials are used to interpret various themes common to the Bible and Islam. Course Objectives: On successful completion of this course, students will be able to 1. Understand the contribution of the Qur’an and its related writings to the formulation of Islamic theology, with particular attention devoted to how these writings are used to interpret various theological themes common to the Bible and Islam. 2. Sensitively utilize the Qur’an as an exegetical tool in interpreting theological themes common to the Bible and Islam 3. Refer to principal commentaries on the Qur’an and to appropriate Islamic supplementary literature in undertaking the above task of interpretation 4. Identify areas of theological overlap and discontinuity between the Qur’an and associated literature and the Biblical theology with regard to the key themes studied 5. Begin to provide a biblical and theological assessment of the Islamic writings. Required texts: Gatje, Helmut. The Qur’an and its Exegesis, Rockport, Maine: Oneworld Publications, c1996 (paperback, xi + 312pp) ISBN 1851681183 Mattson, Ingrid. The Story of the Qur’an: Its History and Place in Muslim Life, Malden MA: Blackwell, 2008 (paperback, x + 262pp) ISBN 1405122587 Small, Keith E. Holy Books have a History: Textual Histories of the New Testament and the Qur’an, Avant Ministries, 2010 (paperback, xi + 126pp) The Qur’an. M.A.S. Abdul Haleem (trans.). Oxford University Press, 2008 (paperback, xli + 464pp) ISBN 0199535957 Assessment: 1. Pre-reading assignment: Read the entire contents of the Qur’an in the translation of M.A.S. Haleem, according to Theodor Nöldeke’s chronological ordering of the suras in the four groups below. At the end of each group write two pages of personal reflections (typed, double-spaced, roughly 500-600 words). These four reflections are due July 18. 25% of final mark:
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Introduction to the Qur’an 2011 First Meccan Period suras: 96, 74, 111, 106, 108, 104, 107, 102, 105, 92, 90, 94, 93, 97, 86, 91, 80, 68, 87, 95, 103, 85, 73, 101, 99, 82, 81, 53, 84, 100, 79, 77, 78, 88, 89, 75, 83, 69, 51, 52, 56, 70, 55, 112, 109, 113, 114, 1. • Second Meccan Period suras: 54, 37, 71, 76, 44, 50, 20, 26, 15, 19, 38, 36, 43, 72, 67, 23, 21, 25, 17, 27, 18. • Third Meccan Period suras: 32, 41, 45, 16, 30, 11, 14, 12, 40, 28, 39, 29, 31, 42, 10, 34, 35, 7, 46, 6, 13. • Medinan suras: 2, 98, 64, 62, 8, 47, 3, 61, 57, 4, 65, 59, 33, 63, 24, 58, 22, 48, 66, 60, 110, 49, 9, 5. 2. Write a Reflective Book Review of around 1,000 words based on either K. Small Holy Books have a History or I. Mattson The Story of the Qur’an, due July 29. 15% of Final Marks 3. One Minor Critical Paper of up to 2000 words on a particular theological issue to do with the Nature of God, Revelation, Eschatology or Salvation, drawing on the Qur’an and associated materials, and giving a Christian response, due August 19. 25% of Final Marks 4. One Research Paper. Choose a topic related to an aspect of the course. Check your topic personally with the professor during July 18-22. After the close of the course, research and write according to the following schedule • Due July 31: Submit a strong thesis paragraph for your topic; a one-page outline of the contents of the paper; and an extensive resource list. The professor will respond to your proposal by email. 5% of final mark. • Due September 16: Submit the completed paper of 10-12 pages (Times New Roman 12 pt. Double spaced.) The paper will be graded on the basis of the clarity and force of your argument; the quality of your research; the organization of your materials; and your writing style and mechanics. 30% of final marks. •
Proposed Course Outline:
Date Day 1, morning Day 1, afternoon
Topics Qur’an Text & Translation
Text Readings Small 2010; Gatje 1996:130; Wansbrough 2004: 4352; Von Denffer 1994 • Von Denffer 1994: 121-141; Gatje 1996:30-44; McAuliffe 1991: 2889; Rippin 1988:1-9 • Riddell 2001: chs 4 & 5 Gatje 1971: 146-163; Jeffery 1958: 85-104; Rippin & Knappert 1986: 20 & 126-134 Gatje 1996:164-169; Street 1991: 111-127
Qur’an Readings (drawn from texts)
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Qur’an & its Interpreters Hadith and Stories of the Prophets as Qur’anic Exegesis
Day 2, morning
Nature of God
Day 2, afternoon
Angels, Spirits and Demons
Q2:255-256, Q11:44/46, Q7:54, Q41:11/10; Q32:7/6-9/8, Q32:9, Q5:41, 45, Q6:102f, Q112:1-3 Q2:30-39; Q35:1; Q97:15; Q82:10-12; Q40:7-9; Q37:149-157; Q7:206; Page 2
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Q15:28-43; Q32:11; Q2:97-98; Q2:102; Q15:26-27; Q6:128-130; Q51:56-57; Q72:113Q37:6-10; Q21:81-82; Q26:221-226. • Q38:71-76, Q15:2627, Q2:21-22, Q3:189191, Q79:27-33 • Q43:2-4, Q96 • Q7:188, Q29:50, Q25:7, Q17:73f, Q17:1, Q16:103, Q93:6-8, Q2:119, Q48:1-3, Q33:37, Q33:50-52, Q33:40, Q14:4, Q3:67, Q16:120 • Q19:1-35, 5:114ff, 4:171 Q7:187f, Q40:11, Q101:1, Q99:6-8, Q56:4-14, Q23:105-108, Q11:106f • Q2:36 • Q18:29, Q13:11, Q13:27, Q14:27, Q4:78-79
Day 3, morning
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Creation Revelation
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Gatje 1996: 167-170 Gatje 1996: 45-68; Jeffery 1958:52-54 Gatje 1996: 69-99; Rippin & Knappert 1986:47-49; Wansbrough 1977:5357, 61-71, 77-81 Gatje 1996: 120-129; Peters 1994: 27-34
Day 3, afternoon
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Prophethood Jesus
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Day 4, morning Day 4, afternoon
Eschatology
Gatje 1996: 172-186; Peters: 1994 388-412 Gatje 1996: 187-190; Jeffery 1962:189-196 • Gatje 1996: 215-227; Rippin & Knappert 1986: 17-20, 115-134; Baljon 1968: 59-66 Gatje 1996: 130-145; Baljon 1968: 81-87; Qutb 1987: 72-89; Griffiths 1990: 67-134 Gatje 1996: 228-238; Nicholson 1989: 120-147 •
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Sin, Repentance, Forgiveness Doctrines & Debates
Day 5, morning
People of the Book
Q2:142-143, Q5:82, Q9:29, Q53:19-23, Q113
Q24:35
Day 5, afternoon
Divine Immanence Saints & Sufis
Bibliography: Qur’anic Studies
Qur’an in English:
The Qur’an. M.A.S. Abdul Haleem (trans.). Oxford University Press, 2008
Commentaries in English:
Ayoub, M. The Qur’an and Its Interpreters. Albany NY: State University of New York Press, 1984 & 1992 Beeston, A. Baidhawi’s Commentary on Surah 12 of the Qur’an, Oxford 1963 Bell, Richard. A Commentary on the Qur’an. ed. C.E. Bosworth. 2 vols. Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1991. Margoliouth, D.S. Chrestomathia Baidawiana: The Commentary of El-Baidawi on Sura III, London, Luzac, 1894 Mawdudi, M. Abu al-A’la (d. 1979). The Meaning of the Qur’an (Tafhim al-Qur’an). Composed in Urdu and translated into Arabic and English (Lahore, 1967- ).
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Introduction to the Qur’an 2011 Sale, George. The Koran: commonly called the Alkoran of Mohammed. Philadelphia : J.B. Lippincott Company, 1923.
Selected Studies of the Qur’an and Qur’anic Themes:
Baljon, J.M.S. Modern Muslim Koran Interpretation (1880-1960). Leiden : E.J. Brill, 1968. Berg, "Tabari’s Exegesis of the Qur’anic Term al-Kitab" JAAR 63,4 (1966), 761-775. Berg, H. The Development of Exegesis in Early Islam, Richmond 2000 Boullata, Issa J. (ed.) Literary Structures of Religious Meaning in the Qur’an, London 2000 Burton, J. The Collection of the Qur’an, Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press, 1979, c1977 Cragg, K. Readings in the Qur’an, San Francisco: Collins, 1988 Cragg, Kenneth. The Event of the Qur’an: Islam in Its Scripture. London : Allen & Unwin, c1971. Denffer, A. von, Ulum al-Qur’an, Leicester, U.K.: Islamic Foundation, c1994 Deroche, F. “Manuscripts of the Qur’an”, Encyclopaedia of the Qur’an, Leiden: Brill, vol. 3, 254-275 Faruqi, Isma’il. "Towards a New Methodology for Qur’anic Exegesis." Islamic Studies (1962) pp. 35-52. Firestone, R. Journey in Holy Lands: The Evolution of the Abraham-Ishmael Legend in Islamic Exegesis. (Albany, 1990). Gatje, H. The Qur’an and its Exegesis, Rockport, Maine: Oneworld Publications, c1996 Gaudeul, J.M. Encounters & Clashes: Islam and Christianity in History, Roma: Pontificio istituto di studi arabi e d'islamistica, 2000 Gilchrist, John. Jam` al-Qur’an: the Codification of the Qur’an Text, Benoni 1989 Gilchrist, John. The Qur'an : the scripture of Islam, Mondeor, South Africa : Muslim Evangelism Resource Center of Southern Africa, 1995 Griffiths, Paul (ed.) Christianity through Non-Christian Eyes, Maryknoll, 1990 Ibn Kathir, Stories of the Prophets, trans. R.A. Azami, Riyadh, n.d., Jansen, J.J.G. The Interpretation of the Koran in Modern Egypt. (Leiden, 1974). Jeffery, A. A Reader on Islam, New York: Books for Libraries, 1980, c1962. Jeffery, A. Islam: Muhammad and His Religion, New York, Liberal Arts Press [1958] Kidwai, M. Meaning and Message of the Traditions, 4 vols. Lucknow 1980 Knappert, J. Islamic Legends, 2 vols. Leiden 1985 Kurzman, C., (ed.), Liberal Islam: A Sourcebook, New York: Oxford University Press, 1998. Kurzman, C., (ed.), Modernist Islam, 1840-1940: A Sourcebook, OUP, 2002 Madelung, W. & A. Jones (eds) The Commentary on the Qur’an by ... al-Tabari, Oxford 1987Martin, R. C., M. R. Woodward & D. S. Atmaja, Defenders Of Reason In Islam: Mu`tazilism From Medieval School To Modern Symbol, Oxford, Oneworld , 1997 Mattson, Ingrid. The Story of the Qur’an: Its History and Place in Muslim Life, Malden MA: Blackwell, 2008 McAulliffe, J. Qur’anic Christians: an analysis of classical and modern exegesis, Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press, 1991
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Introduction to the Qur’an 2011 McAulliffe, J. The Cambridge companion to the Qur’an, Cambridge, UK; New York: Cambridge University Press, 2006. Neuwirth, Angelika. The Qur'an in Context: Historical and Literary Investigations Into the Qur'anic Milieu Texts and Studies on the Qur'an. Leiden : Brill, 2010 Newby, Gordon. "Tafsir Isra’iliyyat." JAAR (1979), 47, pp. 685-697. Nicholson, R.A. The Mystics of Islam, London 1914 [1989] Parrinder, G. Jesus in the Qur’an. Oxford: Oneworld, 1995. Peters, Francis E, A Reader on Classical Islam, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, c1994. Radke, B., O’Kane, J., The Concept of Sainthood in Early Islamic Mysticism, Richmond 1996 Rahbar, Daud. "Reflections on the Tradition of Qur’anic Exegesis." Muslim World (1962) pp. 296-307. Rahbar, Daud. God of Justice: A Study in the Ethical Doctrine of the Qur’an. (Leiden, 1969). Renard, J. Windows on the House of Islam, Berkeley: University of California Press, c1998. Reynolds, Gabriel Said. The Qur’an and its Biblical Subtext, London: Routledge, 2010 Riddell, P. and T. Street Islam. Essays on Scripture, Thought and Society, Leiden: Brill, 1997 Riddell, P. Islam and the Malay-Indonesian World: Transmission and Responses, London, Hawai’i & Singapore 2001 Riddell, P. Transferring a Tradition, Berkeley 1990 Rippin, A. & J. Knappert Textual Sources for the Study of Islam, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1990 Rippin, A. (ed) The Qur’an: Formative Interpretation, Aldershot 1999 Rippin, A. (ed.) The Blackwell Companion to the Qur’an. Malden, Mass.: Blackwell Pub., 2006. Rippin, A. Approaches to the History of the Interpretation of the Qur’an, Oxford: Clarendon Press; New York: Oxford University Press, 1988. Rippin, A. Muslims: Their Religious Beliefs and Practices. London: Routledge, 2001. Saleh, Walid A. The Formation of the Classical Tafsīr Tradition: The Qur’ān Commentary of al-Tha’labī (d. 427/1035), Leiden: Brill, 2004 Sherif, F. A Guide to the Contents of the Qur’an, Reading 1995 Small, Keith E. Holy Books have a History: Textual Histories of the New Testament and the Qur’an, Avant Ministries, 2010 Stowasser, Barbara F. Women in the Qur’an, Traditions, and Interpretation (Oxford, 1994). Street, A. “Medieval Islamic doctrine on the angels: the writings of Fakhr al-Din alRazi”, Parergon 9 (1991), 111-127 Wansbrough, J. Quranic Studies, Amherst, N.Y.: Prometheus Books, 2004. Watt, W.M. Islamic Creeds, Edinburgh 1994 Wheeler, Brannon. Prophets in the Quran. An Introduction to the Quran and Muslim Exegesis, London: Continuum, 2002.
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