The figures of Muhammad throughout history

lsrel2250  2022-2023  Louvain-la-Neuve

The figures of Muhammad throughout history
4.00 credits
30.0 h
Q1
Teacher(s)
Azaiez Mehdi;
Language
French
Main themes
This course focuses on the relationship between the referential Text of Islam in its two variations (Quran and Hadith) and on the different historical contexts which has conditioned it. The course studies the relationship between the two scriptural sources and then delves into the resulting evolutions of Islamic sciences, in relation to essential themes and questions which have animated the debates of Muslim thinkers.
Learning outcomes

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

1 - mastered the basics of the foundations of Muslim religious learning: its referential sources and their origins, their natures, values and scopes;
- understood the production of religious knowledge and its evolutions: the emergence and methodologies of various Islamic sciences and their interrelationships;
- evaluated the development and modes of production of Muslim thought in light of historical discoveries and contemporary contexts.
 
Bibliography
Sources primaires
السيرة النبوية بيروت: دار الكتب العلمية،, 2009 ابن هشام، عبد الملك  1.
2. Ibn Hišām (ʿAbd al-Malik, m. 834 ?), Das Leben Muhammed’s nach Muhammed Ibn Ishâk bearbeitet von Abd el-Malik Ibn Hischâm… Herausgegeben von Dr. Ferdinand Wüstenfeld, Göttingen, Dieterich, 2 tomes en 3 vols, 1858-1860. (vol. I disponible en ligne)
3. Badawî, ʿAbd al-Raḥmân (1917-2002), La Vie du Prophète Muḥammad, l'Envoyé d'Allâh / Ibn ʾIsḥāq ; recension d'Abî Muḥammad ʿAbd al-Malik Ibn Hishâm, d'après Zayd Ibn ʿAbd Allâh al-Bakkâʾî, d'après Muḥammad Ibn ʾIsḥāq ; traduction française avec introduction et notes par ʿAbdurraḥmân Badawî (1917-2002), Beyrouth, Ed. Albouraq, 2001, 2 vol. (654, 608 p.).
4. The life of Muhammad, a translation of Ishāq’s Sîrat rasūl Allāh / with an introduction and notes by A. Guillaume, Lahore, Pakistan Branch, Oxford University Press, 1955, XLVII+813 p.
Sources secondaires
1. Khalidi (Tarif), Images of Muhammad. The Evolution of Portrayals of the Prophet in Islam Across the Centuries, New York, Doubleday, 2009, IX+342 p.
Tous les textes (source primaire) de ce cours seront disponibles sur votre plateforme Moodle. 
Faculty or entity
CISR


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

Title of the programme
Sigle
Credits
Prerequisites
Learning outcomes
Master [120] in Ancient Languages and Literatures: Oriental Studies

Master [60] in Ancient Languages and Literatures : Oriental Studies

Master [120] in Sciences of Religions