2020 Fall

NESTUD 180 001 - LEC 001

Formerly MELC 180

The Quran and Its Interpretation

Asad Ahmed

Aug 26, 2020 - Dec 11, 2020

Tu, Th

11:00 am - 12:29 pm

Internet/Online

Class #:33437

Units: 4

Instruction Mode: Remote Instruction

Offered through Near Eastern Studies

Current Enrollment

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Hours & Workload

0 to 1 hours of the exchange of opinions or questions on course material per week, 3 hours of instructor presentation of course materials per week, and 9 to 8 hours of outside work hours per week.

The course introduces students to Quran and to methods of its interpretation, as adopted in the exegetical (tafsir) literature. In addition to being exposed to secondary academic literature on the Quran and its exegesis, students will be offered a high dose of primary exegetical texts in translation. Passages from a number of periods and denominations will be selected, so that students may develop an appreciation of the interpretive range of a constantly-evolving tradition.