COURSE UNIT TITLE

: HISTORY AND METHODOLOGY OF TAFSEER I (AR)

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ILA 1119 HISTORY AND METHODOLOGY OF TAFSEER I (AR) COMPULSORY 2 0 0 4

Offered By

Theology

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR MUAMMER ERBAŞ

Offered to

Theology (Evening)
Theology

Course Objective

To enable students to gain general knowledge on the birth of tafsir, its emergence, tafsir schools; prominenet scholars of tafsir and their Works; contemporary tafsir Works; basic principles of the methodology of understanding and interpretation of the Quran.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   They will get knowledge on exegesis on Quran to date.
2   They will gain historical understanding on Scholars of exegesis, their Works and methodology, history of tafsir and tafsir schools
3   They will know that they are supposed to understand the Quran based on the context and the pretext of the verses.
4   They will learn classical and modern methodological books on tafsir, and basic concepts and sources of the methodology of tafsir.
5   They will learn the emergence and development of the methodology of tafsir.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The compilation of the verses of Quran its copies
2 The impact of recitation styles on tafsir
3 Tafsir in the era of Prophet Muhammed and his companions
4 Quranic Exegesis in the period of Tabiin and compiling of exegetic works
5 Notions of Usul and Understanding and the works of usul at-tafseer
6 Historical context in exegesis: Occassions of revelation
7 Abrogation in Exegesis
8 Mid-term exam
9 Quranic Stories, Israiliyyat
10 Linguistic Tafsir
11 Coherence in tafsir and themetical tafsir
12 Recurrences, Oaths and Parables in the Quran
13 Garibu'l-Qur'an, meani'l-Qur'an, i'rabu'l-Qur'an, truth and metaphor, and ücuh Nazaire, between verses and suras tenasüb and integrity
14 Semantic method of tafsir
15 Final exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Ana kaynak:
1. Ismail Cerrahoğlu, Tefsir Tarihi, Ankara 1988; Tefsir Usulü, Ankara 1985.
2. Muhsin Demirci, Tefsir Usul ve Tarihi, Istanbul 1998.
Yardımcı kaynaklar:
1. Halis Albayrak, Kur an ın Bütünlüğü Üzerine, Istanbul 1996.
2. Mustafa Ünver, Kur an ı Anlamada Siyakın Rolü, Ankara 1996.
3. A.Nedim Serinsu, Kur an ın Anlaşılmasında Esbab-ı Nüzulün Rolü, Istanbul 1994.
4. Said Şimşek, Kur an ın Anlaşılmasında Iki Mesele, Istanbul 1991.
5. Ömer Dumlu, Ibn Teymiyye ve Konulu Tefsir, Izmir 1999.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + FIN * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + BUT * 0.60


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Arabic

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

omer.dumlu@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparation for midterm exam 1 15 15
Preparation for final exam 1 25 25
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 1 13
Reading 1 10 10
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 91

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14PO.15
LO.11
LO.224
LO.322345341
LO.425
LO.55