Quranic hermeneutics: classical and contemporary exegeses

lsrel2252  2020-2021  Louvain-la-Neuve

Quranic hermeneutics: classical and contemporary exegeses
Due to the COVID-19 crisis, the information below is subject to change, in particular that concerning the teaching mode (presential, distance or in a comodal or hybrid format).
4 credits
30.0 h
Q2

This biannual learning unit is being organized in 2020-2021
Teacher(s)
Azaiez Mehdi;
Language
French
Main themes
  • Introduction to the foundational pluralism present in Islam (in its thought, law and spirituality)
  • Introduction to the history of classical exegetical schools and the principal currents of contemporary exegesis; particular attention will be paid to the polysemy of the Arabic language, and particularly of the Quranic Arabic language
  • Awareness of themes and of the interdisciplinary demands of Quranic exegetical work: methodologies and exegetical working tools
  • Presentation of the evolution of exegetical work and its modern tendencies (permanencies and ruptures).
Aims

At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to :

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recognizing the complexity of exegetical work and its relevance in the light of contemporary challenges, based on concrete Quranic examples.
 
Bibliography
Traduction et commentaire coranique
1. The Study Quran, A New Translation and Commentary, by Seyyed Hossein Nasr, Caner K. Dagli, Maria Massi Dakake, Joseph E.B. Lumbard, Mohammed Rustom, 2015, 2048  (dorénavant StQ)
Sources primaires
1. McAuliffe (Jane Dammen) éd., The Cambridge Companion to the Quran, edited by Jane Dammen McAuliffe, Cambrigde, Cambridge University Press, (« Cambridge Companions to Religion »), 2006, xv+332.
2. Amir-Moezzi (Mohammad-Ali) & Dye (Guillaume) éds., Le Coran des Historiens, 3 T., Paris, Le Cerf, 2019, 2386 p. (dorénavant CdH 1, 2a, 2b)
3. Azaiez (Mehdi), Reynolds (Gabriel Said), Tesei (Tommaso), Zafer (Hamza M.) éds., The Qur’an Seminar Commentary / Le Qur’an Seminar: A Collaborative Study of 50 Qur’anic Passages / Commentaire collaboratif de 50 passages coraniques, Berlin, De Gruyter, 2016, 487 p. (dorénavant QSC)
Tous les textes (source primaire) de ce cours seront disponibles sur la plateforme Moodle. 
Sources secondaires
1. McAuliffe (Jane Dammen) éd., The Cambridge Companion to the Quran, edited by Jane Dammen McAuliffe, Cambrigde, Cambridge University Press, (« Cambridge Companions to Religion »), 2006, xv+332.
2. Amir-Moezzi (Mohammad-Ali) & Dye (Guillaume) éds., Le Coran des Historiens, 3 T., Paris, Le Cerf, 2019, 2386 p. (dorénavant CdH 1, 2a, 2b)
Faculty or entity
CISR


Programmes / formations proposant cette unité d'enseignement (UE)

Title of the programme
Sigle
Credits
Prerequisites
Aims
Master [120] in Sciences of Religions

Master [120] in Ancient Languages and Literatures: Oriental Studies