The Qur’an: An Introduction

Harvard FAS

This course will introduce students to the Qur’an, its content, style, structure, and history. How do we construct a framework for reading an ancient text (historical-critical, literary, canon theories)? It will also situate the Qur’an within the larger framework of the genre of Scripture. Most of the course will be analysis of chapters from the Qur’an with journal articles. The course will use case studies from the Qur’an to raise central issues in Qur’anic Studies (dating…