STUDIES IN THE QUR'AN (IS 6431)
Term: 2005-2006 Spring Semester
Schedule
Mon, 10:40 AM - 12:30 PM (2/6/2006 - 3/17/2006) Location: M
Wed, 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM (2/6/2006 - 3/17/2006) Location: M
Description
An examination of major themes and literary features of the Qur'an through the close reading of selected chapters of English translations. Attention also will be given to the ways in which Muslims have read and understood Qur'anic texts in the past, and to contemporary hermeneutical debates. (FULFILLS CM3410 MISSION II REQUIREMENT)