COURSE UNIT TITLE

: MâTüRîDî'S TAFSIR METHOD

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
TIS 5918 MâTüRîDî'S TAFSIR METHOD ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

Basic Islamic Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR AHMET BAĞLIOĞLU

Offered to

Basic Islamic Sciences

Course Objective

To ensure students to have practical and theoretical knowledge of interpretation and understanding principles and methods of the Quran according to Imam Maturidi.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Students will obtain knowledge about the revelation according to Maturidi.
2   They will possess the tafseer bil rivayah (by the wievs of predecessors) according to Maturidi.
3   They will possess the tafseer bil dirayah (by the mind) according to Maturidi.
4   The students will be informed of the methodology of Maturidi s tafseer
5   The students will get acquisition of following to the influences of Maturidi s tafseer on the others.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The fact of revelation according to Maturidi.
2 The issue of seven letters and readings of Quran according to Maturidi.
3 Tafseer in the time of the Prophet and His companions according to Maturidi.
4 The concepts of tafseer and ta vil according to Maturidi.
5 The methodology of exegesis in the tafseer of Maturidi.
6 Historical context in Tafseer; sabab al nuzûl according to Maturidi.
7 The issue of Naskh and Mansukh; the change of judgements according to Maturidi
8 Mid-term Exam
9 History of the Quran and Israiliyyat according to Maturidi.
10 The issue of Muhkam and Mutashabih according to Maturidi
11 The linguistic context in Tafseer of Maturidi.
12 Uslub al Qur'an according to Maturidi.
13 Maan al Qur'an according to Maturidi.
14 The judgements of Quran in the tafseer of Maturidi.

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Maturidi, Ta vilat Ehl al Sünne.
2. Talip Özdeş, Maturidi nin Tefsir Anlayışı, Istanbul 2003.
3. Sönmez Kutlu, Imam Maturidi ve Maturidilik, Ankara 2003.
4. Hanifi Özcan, Maturidi de Bilgi Problemi, Istanbul 1993.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecturing, research, question answer, studying on examples, homework and practice.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.20 + FIN* 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.20 + RST* 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Students achievements are calculated from the results of mid-term exam, homework assignments, final exam and active participation to the lecture.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

muammer.erbas@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Friday 15:00 17:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 6 78
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 15 15
Preparing assignments 1 10 10
Preparing presentations 1 7 7
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 150

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7
LO.11
LO.21
LO.31
LO.41
LO.51