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Introduction to the Qur’an

Offered By: The Great Courses Plus

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Religious Studies Courses

Course Description

Overview

Explore the myth and mystery of the Qur’an and consider how the reality of this extraordinary religious and cultural tradition has shaped the lives of its followers for more than 1400 years.

Syllabus

  • By This Professor
  • 01: Finding a Path into the Qur’an
  • 02: 7th-Century Mecca: Religion and Oral Tradition
  • 03: The Qur’an Becomes a “Book”
  • 04: From Mecca to Medina: The Revelation Transforms
  • 05: God and Tawhid: Divine Nature in the Qur’an
  • 06: The Qur’anic Creation Story
  • 07: Judgment Day and the End Times: Yawm ad-Din
  • 08: Abraham, Moses, and Qur’anic Faith
  • 09: Prophethood in the Qur’an: Jesus and Others
  • 10: From the Qur’an to Islam: Creating a Practice
  • 11: Sharia and Jihad: The Qur’an as Legal Text
  • 12: Qur’anic Philosophy, Theology, and Mysticism

Taught by

Martyn Oliver

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