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Name of lecturer
Professor Gesa Thiessen
How to apply
Applications can be made in person on
Wednesday, 17 September 2014, 4 p.m. - 7 p.m.
in the Department of Religions and Theology,
room 5010, level 5 of the Arts Building, Trinity
College, Dublin 2 or by post before
22
September 2014.
Fee
€150 for the course. For security reasons
payment should be by cheque/draft/postal
money order only, made payable to Trinity
College no. 1 account. A concession rate is
available to second and third level students,
unemployed persons and those in receipt of a
social welfare pension.
Date
Teaching in Michaelmas term commences
during the week beginning 22 September 2014.
Please note this is a day-time course.
Duration
The course runs for a total of eleven weeks.
Further information
Contact: Jane Welch, Executive Officer,
Department of Religions and Theology,
Arts Building, Trinity College, Dublin 2.
Phone: 01 896 1297, email:
The ‘Abrahamic Faiths’ in their
History of Reception
Part 2: The Qur’an and its history
of reception
This course offers students an introduction to
the sacred text and primary source of Islam:
the Qur’an. The course begins by attempting to
contextualise the life and career of the Prophet
Muhammad by examining the religious,
linguistic, social and political situation in the
Near East in the period of late antiquity. We then
survey the traditional Islamic account of the
revelation of the Qur’an and its collection and
codification. Following a broad survey of the
structure and themes of the Qur’an, we engage
with the Tafsir literature (traditional Muslim
exegesis). The course also examines the role
played by the Qur’an in the daily lives of
Muslims and non-Muslim reception of the
Qur’an.
Name of lecturer
Professor Jonathan Kearney
How to apply
Applications can be made in person on
Wednesday, 17 September 2014, 4 p.m. - 7 p.m.
in the Department of Religions and Theology,
room 5010, level 5 of the Arts Building, Trinity
College, Dublin 2 or by post before January
2015.
Fee
€150 for the course. For security reasons
payment should be by cheque/draft/postal
money order only, made payable to Trinity
College no. 1 account. A concession rate is
available to second and third level students,
unemployed persons and those in receipt of a
social welfare pension.
Date
Teaching in Hilary term commences during the
week beginning 12 January 2015. Please note
this is a day-time course.
Duration
The course runs for a total of eleven weeks.
Further information
Contact: Jane Welch, Executive Officer,
Department of Religions and Theology,
Arts Building, Trinity College, Dublin 2.
Phone: 01 896 1297, email:
