Readings in Early Kalam

3 Credits · Level: Graduate

This advanced seminar offers a close and thorough reading of a selection of early kalam texts. Texts will be read in Arabic, translated orally, explained and commented upon. A good knowledge of classical Arabic is required. The objective of the course is to familiarize the students with reading and analyzing classical sources in Arabic, while introducing them to the intellectual and theological context of the early Abbasid period.