Quranic hermeneutics: classical and contemporary exegeses

lsrel2252  2019-2020  Louvain-la-Neuve

Quranic hermeneutics: classical and contemporary exegeses
Note from June 29, 2020
Although we do not yet know how long the social distancing related to the Covid-19 pandemic will last, and regardless of the changes that had to be made in the evaluation of the June 2020 session in relation to what is provided for in this learning unit description, new learnig unit evaluation methods may still be adopted by the teachers; details of these methods have been - or will be - communicated to the students by the teachers, as soon as possible.
4 credits
30.0 h
Q2

  This biannual learning unit is not being organized in 2019-2020 !

Teacher(s)
Belhaj Abdessamad;
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.
 

The contribution of this Teaching Unit to the development and command of the skills and learning outcomes of the programme(s) can be accessed at the end of this sheet, in the section entitled “Programmes/courses offering this Teaching Unit”.
Teaching methods
- Comparative analysis of the most influential exegetical tendencies through extracts of textual exegeses
- Examining methodological divergencies and convergencies.
- Magistral courses, with compulsory readings
 
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