COURSE SYLLABUS

GENERAL HISTORY OF TAFSIR

1	Course Title:	GENERAL HISTORY OF TAFSIR
2	Course Code:	TIB5107
3	Type of Course:	Optional
4	Level of Course:	Second Cycle
5	Year of Study:	1
6	Semester:	1
7	ECTS Credits Allocated:	6
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:	Dr. Ögr. Üyesi MUSTAFA BİLGİN
16	Course Lecturers:
17	Contactinformation of the Course Coordinator:	musbil@hotmail.com 0224 243 10 66-60124, U.Ü. İlahiyat Fakültesi
18	Website:
19	Objective of the Course:	To provide a general outlook on the scholarly activities produced by mufassirs during fourteen centuries in understanding, explanation and interpretation of the Qur’an in accordance with the needs and problems of their times in a chronological and systematic way. To be closely acquainted with tafsir schools, their characteristics, main views, prominent figures and main products focusing on the triangle “writer-mentality-product” in the context of the difference in approach, understanding and interpretation of the Qur’an. To help the student gain a brief, strong and systematic culture of tafsir, and the ability to think and research in a scientific way.
20	Contribution of the Course to Professional Development

Learning Outcomes:

1	Understand Qur’anic interpretation activities in a systematic coherence.;
2	Compare different approaches in Qur’anic interpretation.;
3	Recognize the characteristic features of tafsir schools.;
4	Gain the ability of authentic reading, comprehension, interpretation and evaluation.;
5	Obtain a robust and systematic knowledge of tafsir history.;
6	Develop scientific thinking and research.;
7	Reach valid conclusions for the present using the methods of scientific thinking and research.;
8	Compare works of tafsir with each other in terms of method and content.;
9	Absorb of the culture and heritage of Tafsir.;
10	Use this heritage in the correct and appropriate manner for today's issues.;

22	Course Content:

Week	Theoretical	Practical
1	Political and social structures of the pre-revelation period
2	Cultural and civilizational structures of pre-revelation period
3	Phases of the Qur’an in Meccan period
4	Phases of the Qur’an in Medinan period
5	Emergence of Qur’anic interpretation
6	Development of Qur’anic interpretation
7	Separation of Qur’anic interpretation into different kinds
8	These kinds’ process of becoming trends
9	Schoolization of the trends of Qur’anic interpretation
10	Systematization of schools of Qur’anic interpretation
11	Classification and assessment of systems of Qur’anic interpretation
12	The proces of emergence of contemporary Qur’anic interpretation trends
13	Contemporary Qur’anic interpretation trends and their characteristics
14	Changeable and unchangeable qualities of Qur’anic interpretation in the future

23	Textbooks, References and/or Other Materials:	1. Ömer Nasuhi Bilmen, Büyük Tefsir Tarihi (Tabakatu’l-Müfessirin), I-II, İstanbul 1973 2. İsmail Cerrahoğlu, Tefsir Tarihi, I-II, Ankara 1988 3. Ignaz Goldziher, Madhahib al-Tafsir al-Islami (trans. into Arabic by Abd al-Halim al-Najjar), Cairo 1955; (trans. into Turkish: Mustafa İslamoğlu), İslâm Tefsir Ekolleri, İstanbul 1997 4. Ahmad Khalil, Nash’at al-Tafsir fi l-Kutub al-Muqaddasa wa-l-Qur’an, Alexandria 1954 5. Ibn Ashur, al-Tafsir and Rijaluhu, Tunus 1972 6. Qasim al-Qaysi, Ta’rikh al-Tafsir, Iraq n.d. 7. Muhammad Husayn al-Dhahabi, al-Tafsir wa-l-Mufassirin, I-II, Cairo 1976 8. Abd Allah Mahmud Shahhata, Ta’rikh al-Qur’an wa-l-Tafsir, Egypt 1972
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
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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