COURSE UNIT TITLE

: QURAN TRANSLATIONS IN WESTERN LANGUAGE

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
TIT 5012 QURAN TRANSLATIONS IN WESTERN LANGUAGE ELECTIVE 2 0 0 5

Offered By

Hermeneutics

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

Offered to

Hermeneutics

Course Objective

To teach history of Qur an translations from the beginning.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Student learns: when Qur an was translated at first
2   How many translations are there
3   Which languages Qur an was translated
4   Discussions about Qur an translations
5   Quality of Qur an translations.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 introduction to the subject
2 The meaninf of translation
3 Kinds of translation
4 Discussion about translation of Qur an
5 History of Qur an translations
6 Qur an translations in the West
7 Qur an translations in the east
8 Translations in the Islamic world
9 Quality of Quran translations
10 Translation techniques
11 Translations in Germany
12 Example texts.
13 Example texts.
14 General Evaluation

Recomended or Required Reading

1- Ignaz Goldziher, Islam Tefsir Ekolleri, Çeviri: Mustafa Islamoğlu, Istanbul, 1997,
2- Hans Zirker, Der Koran, Zugenge und Lesarten, Darmstadt,1999,
3- Rudi Paret, Mohammed und der Koran, Stuttgart, 2008,
4- Rudi Paret, Kur'an Üzerine ve Islam Sembolizmi Çeviri: Hüseyin Yaşar, Istanbul, 2012,
5- Hüseyin Yaşar, Kur'an'da Anlamı Kapalı Ayetler, Istanbul,1997,
6- Hüseyin Yaşar, Avrupa'nın Kur'an Algısı, Istanbul, 2010,
7- Hüseyin Yaşar, Alman Oryantalizminde Kur'an'a Bakış, Istanbul, 2010,
8- Hüseyin Yaşar, Hıristiyan Dünyasında Kur'an Karşıtı Söylemin Tarihsel Kökleri, Istanbul, 2010,
9- Hüseyin YAŞAR, Aydınlanma Döneminde Batı'da Kur'an Algısı (I) ,D.E.Ü.Ilâhiyat Fakültesi Dergisi, Sayı: XXIV, Izmir 2006,
10- Hüseyin YAŞAR, Aydınlanma Döneminde Batı'da Kur'an Algısı (II) ,D.E.Ü.Ilâhiyat Fakültesi Dergisi, Sayı: XXV, Izmir 2007.
11- Tilman Nagel, Der Koran Einführung Texte Erlaeterungen, München, 2002,
12- F. Buhl, Kur'an, M.E. Islam Ansiklopedisi, VII, Istanbul, 1967.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

reading texts, question answer

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.20 + FIN* 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.20 + RST* 0.50


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 1 6 6
Preparation for midterm exam 1 12 12
Preparation for final exam 2 12 24
Preparing assignments 2 6 12
Reading 14 3 42
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 126

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10
LO.14
LO.24
LO.34
LO.44
LO.54