COURSE SYLLABUS

MODERN APPROACHES TO SIRAH

1	Course Title:	MODERN APPROACHES TO SIRAH
2	Course Code:	İLA4332
3	Type of Course:	Optional
4	Level of Course:	First Cycle
5	Year of Study:	4
6	Semester:	8
7	ECTS Credits Allocated:	8
8	Theoretical (hour/week):	2
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 İLHAMİ ORUÇOĞLU
16	Course Lecturers:	-
17	Contactinformation of the Course Coordinator:	orucogluilhami@hotmail.com 0224 2431337 (dahili 60216) U.Ü. İlahiyat Fakültesi
18	Website:
19	Objective of the Course:	To give knowledge about the change in Modern Sirah Writing and the reason behind it.
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	Modern worldview as a reason for modern approaches to Sirah
2	Debates in modern theology and its reflection on Sirah
3	The problem of sources
4	Early and later sources
5	Quran as a source of Sirah
6	Hadith as a source of Sirah
7	Fact-fiction dichotomy in Sirah
8	Divine-human dichotomy in understanding the Prophet
9	Emphasis on “excessive exaltation” of the Prophet
10	Partial and eclectic approaches to the life of the Prophet
11	Ideological approach to Sirah
12	Racist approach to Sirah
13	The critics of classical perception of the Prophet
14	How to understand the Prophet better in the Modern world?

23	Textbooks, References and/or Other Materials:	1. İsmail Kara, Tarih ve Hurafe: Çağdaş Türk Düşüncesinde Tarih Telakkisi”, Türklük Araştırmaları Dergisi 11, Mart 2002, ss. 31-70. 2. Musa Bağcı, Beşer Olarak Hz. Peygamber, Ankara Okulu Yayınları, Ankara 2010. 3. Tarif Khalidi, Images of Muhammad, Doubleday, New York 2009. 4. Clinton Bennett, In Search of Muhammad, Cassell, London 1998. 5. Clinton Bennett, In Search of Jesus, Continuum, London 2001. 6. Jabal Muhammad Buaben, Image of the Prophet Muhammad in the West: A Study of Muir, Margoliouth and Watt, The Islamic Foundation, Leicester 1996. 7. Ignaz Goldziher, Muslim Studies II, Aldine-Atherton Inc., Chicago-New York 1971.
24	Assesment

TERM LEARNING ACTIVITIES	NUMBER	PERCENT
Midterm Exam	1	40
Quiz	0	0
Homeworks, Performances	0	0
Final Exam	1	60
Total	2	100
Contribution of Term (Year) Learning Activities to Success Grade		40
Contribution of Final Exam to Success Grade		60
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