COURSE SYLLABUS

SIRAH WRITING

1	Course Title:	SIRAH WRITING
2	Course Code:	ITS5133
3	Type of Course:	Optional
4	Level of Course:	Second Cycle
5	Year of Study:	1
6	Semester:	1
7	ECTS Credits Allocated:	5
8	Theoretical (hour/week):	3
9	Practice (hour/week) :	0
10	Laboratory (hour/week) :	0
11	Prerequisites:	None
12	Recommended optional programme components:	None
13	Language:	Turkish
14	Mode of Delivery:	Face to face
15	Course Coordinator:	Yrd.Doç.Dr. İLHAMİ ORUÇOĞLU
16	Course Lecturers:	-
17	Contactinformation of the Course Coordinator:	orucogluilhami@hotmail.com +90 224 2431337 (dahili 60216) U.Ü. İlahiyat Fakültesi
18	Website:
19	Objective of the Course:	To give knowledge about Sirah Writing and its problems.
20	Contribution of the Course to Professional Development

Learning Outcomes:

1	To comprehend the historical development of Sirah writing.;
2	To use the knowledge in historiography and philosophy of history in the field of Sirah.;
3	To comprehend the importance of Sirah writing in understanding the Prophet and Islam.;
4	To evaluate how Sirah sources were criticized from the point of modern world view.;
5	To analyze images of the Prophet Muhammad emerged in Modern times.;
6	To compare modern Sirah writing with historical critical approach to Jesus.;
7	To notice ideological approaches to Sirah.;
8	To have knowledge about the literature formed around the Prophet Muhammad.;
9	To analyze the place of the Prophet, considering modern theological debates.;
10	To make sound decisions about the Prophet in controversial issues of Sirah.;

22	Course Content:

Week	Theoretical	Practical
1	Classical Sirah writing
2	Historical development of Sirah writing
3	Modern Sirah writing
4	The problem of sources
5	Quran as a source of Sirah
6	Hadith as a source of Sirah
7	Source criticism in Sirah
8	The issue of methodology in Sirah writing
9	Main issues emphasized in classical Sirah writing
10	Main issues emphasized in modern Sirah writing
11	Ideological approach to Sirah
12	Fact-fiction dichotomy in Sirah
13	Divine-human dichotomy in understanding the Prophet
14	The literature formed around the Prophet Muhammad: Sirah, Meghazi, Shamâil, Dalâil, Hilya, Hasâis, Mawlid, Na’t, Muhamadiya…

23	Textbooks, References and/or Other Materials:	1. Josef Horovitz, İslâmî Tarihçiliğin Doğuşu İlk Siyer/Meğazî Eserleri ve Müellifleri, Ankara Okulu Yayınları, Ankara 2002. 2. Tarif Khalidi, Images of Muhammad: Narratives of the Prophet in Islam Across the Centuries, Doubleday, New York 2009. 3. Clinton Bennett, In Search of Muhammad, Cassell, London 1998. 4. Jabal Muhammad Buaben, Image of the Prophet Muhammad in the West: A Study of Muir, Margoliouth and Watt, The Islamic Foundation, Leicester 1996. 5. Ignaz Goldziher, Muslim Studies II, Aldine-atherton Inc., Chicago and New York 1971. 6. Muhammad Maher Hamadeh, Muhammad the Prophet: A Selected Bibliography, (yayınlanmamış doktora tezi), The University of Michigan, Michigan 1965. 7. R. Stephen Humphreys, İslam Tarih Metodolojisi, Litera Yayıncılık, İstanbul 2004. 8. Ibn Warraq (ed.), The Quest for the Historical Muhammad, Prometheus Books, New York 2000.
24	Assesment

TERM LEARNING ACTIVITIES	NUMBER	PERCENT
Midterm Exam	0	0
Quiz	0	0
Homeworks, Performances	0	0
Final Exam	1	100
Total	1	100
Contribution of Term (Year) Learning Activities to Success Grade		0
Contribution of Final Exam to Success Grade		100
Total		100
Measurement and Evaluation Techniques Used in the Course
Information

ECTS / WORK LOAD TABLE

CONTRIBUTION OF LEARNING OUTCOMES TO PROGRAMME QUALIFICATIONS

LO: Learning Objectives

PQ: Program Qualifications

Contribution Level:

1 Very Low

2 Low

3 Medium

4 High

5 Very High