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<html><head><title>Course Catalogue - Studies in the Qur'an (REST10043)</title></head><body><table style="background-color: #232B5A;" width="100%"><tr><td width="84"><a class="headertext"><img height="84" id="logo" src="http://www.drps.ed.ac.uk/images/logo.jpg" width="84"/></a></td><td width="100%"><h3 class="page_title">THE UNIVERSITY of EDINBURGH</h3><h1 class="page_title">DEGREE REGULATIONS &amp; PROGRAMMES OF STUDY 2018/2019</h1></td><td><table style="margin-right:20px;"><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap"><a class="headertext"><img height="11" src="../images/arrow.gif" width="16"/></a><a class="headertext">University Homepage</a><br/><a class="headertext"><img height="11" src="../images/arrow.gif" width="16"/></a><a class="headertext">DRPS Homepage</a><br/><a class="headertext"><img height="11" src="../images/arrow.gif" width="16"/></a><a class="headertext">DRPS Search</a><br/><a class="headertext"><img height="11" src="../images/arrow.gif" width="16"/></a><a class="headertext">DRPS Contact</a></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><div class="college"><a>DRPS</a> : Course Catalogue : <a>School of Divinity</a> : <a>Religious Studies</a></div><table class="content" width="100%"><tr><td><br/><h1 class="sitspagetitle" id="sitspagetitle" style="font-size:150%;">Undergraduate Course: Studies in the Qur'an (REST10043)</h1><table class="sitstablegrid"><p style="font-family:verdana;color:red"><b>
This course will be closed from 17 January 2019</b></p><caption>Course Outline</caption><tr><td class="rowhead1" width="15%">School</td><td width="35%">School of Divinity</td><td class="rowhead1" width="15%">College</td><td width="35%">College of Humanities and Social Science</td></tr><tr><td class="rowhead1" width="15%">Credit level (Normal year taken)</td><td width="35%">SCQF Level 10 (Year 3 Undergraduate)</td><td class="rowhead1" width="15%">Availability</td><td width="35%">Available to all students</td></tr><tr><td class="rowhead1" width="15%">SCQF Credits</td><td width="35%">20</td><td class="rowhead1" width="15%">ECTS Credits</td><td width="35%">10</td></tr><tr></tr><tr><td class="rowhead1" width="15%">Summary</td><td width="85%">This course offers a survey of representative texts from the Qur'an together with discussion of the history of the interpretation of the Qur'an in both the classical and the contemporary periods.</td></tr><tr><td class="rowhead1" width="15%">Course description</td><td width="85%">
    Not entered
</td></tr></table><table class="sitstablegrid"><caption>Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)</caption><tr><td class="rowhead1" width="15%">Pre-requisites</td><td width="35%"></td><td class="rowhead1" width="15%">Co-requisites</td><td width="35%"></td></tr><tr><td class="rowhead1" width="15%">Prohibited Combinations</td><td width="35%"></td><td class="rowhead1" width="15%">Other requirements</td><td width="35%"> None</td></tr></table><table class="sitstablegrid"><caption>Information for Visiting Students</caption><tr><td class="rowhead1" width="15%">Pre-requisites</td><td width="85%">By permission of the Course Manager</td></tr></table><table class="sitstablegrid"><caption>Course Delivery Information</caption><tr><td width="100%">Not being delivered</td></tr></table><table class="sitstablegrid"><caption>Learning Outcomes</caption><tr><td>    Upon successful completion of this course, students will <br/>
* have explored a number of key texts in the Qur'an and have obtained an overview of its developing themes from Meccan to Medinan periods; <br/>
* be familiar with a range of types of Qur'anic texts, their various styles and themes;<br/>
* have learnt about the place of the Qur'an in Muslim life and will have studied the different approaches to the interpretation of the Qur'an of a range of Muslim and western scholars; <br/>
* have explored some of the issues in the interface between Islam and other faiths, especially Christianity;<br/>
* be able to demonstrate an ability to identify key terms and their meanings;<br/>
* be able to demonstrate good judgement about how to judge the relative importance of items on course bibliographies.<br/></td></tr></table><table class="sitstablegrid"><caption>Reading List</caption><tr><td>None</td></tr></table><table class="sitstablegrid"><caption>Additional Information</caption><tr><td class="rowhead1" width="15%">Graduate Attributes and Skills</td><td width="85%">Not entered</td></tr><tr><td class="rowhead1" width="15%">Keywords</td><td width="85%">StQuran</td></tr></table><table class="sitstablegrid"><caption>Contacts</caption><tr><td class="rowhead1" width="15%">Course organiser</td><td width="35%">Dr Hannah Holtschneider<br/><b>Tel:</b> (0131 6)50 8933<br/><b>Email:</b> H.Holtschneider@ed.ac.uk</td><td class="rowhead1" width="15%">Course secretary</td><td width="35%">Ms Katrina Munro<br/><b>Tel:</b> (0131 6)50 8900<br/><b>Email:</b> Kate.Munro@ed.ac.uk</td></tr></table></td><td><table width="100%"><tr><td><table width="100%"><tr><td class="subboxtitle">Navigation</td></tr><tr><td class="subboxsection" style="white-space:nowrap">Help &amp; Information</td></tr><tr><td><a class="subboxitem">Home</a></td></tr><tr><td><a class="subboxitem">Introduction</a></td></tr><tr><td><a class="subboxitem">Glossary</a></td></tr><tr><td><a class="subboxitem">Search DPTs and Courses</a></td></tr><tr><td class="subboxsection" style="white-space:nowrap">Regulations</td></tr><tr><td><a class="subboxitem">Regulations</a></td></tr><tr><td class="subboxsection" style="white-space:nowrap">Degree Programmes</td></tr><tr><td><a class="subboxitem">Introduction</a></td></tr><tr><td><a class="subboxitem">Browse DPTs</a></td></tr><tr><td class="subboxsection">Courses</td></tr><tr><td><a class="subboxitem">Introduction</a></td></tr><tr><td><a class="subboxitem" style="white-space:nowrap">Humanities and Social Science</a></td></tr><tr><td><a class="subboxitem" style="white-space:nowrap">Science and Engineering</a></td></tr><tr><td><a class="subboxitem" style="white-space:nowrap">Medicine and Veterinary Medicine</a></td></tr><tr><td class="subboxsection" style="white-space:nowrap">Other Information</td></tr><tr><td><a class="subboxitem">Combined Course Timetable </a></td></tr><tr><td><a class="subboxitem">Prospectuses</a></td></tr><tr><td><a class="subboxitem">Important Information</a></td></tr><tr><td class="subboxtitle" style="height:5px;font-size:1px;"> </td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><div class="footer"><div style="float:right"><a>Privacy &amp; cookies</a></div><em>© Copyright 2018 The University of Edinburgh -  21 January 2019 5:27 am</em></div><style>.rowhead1 {
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