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SCHOOL OF DIVINITY, HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY

ACADEMIC SESSION 2015-2016 RS400A THE IMAGE OF JESUS IN THE QUR'ĀN AND ISLAMIC TRADITION

DR502P ‘Īsā: The Islamic Image of Jesus 2015-2016

30 credits 11 weeks 26TPLEASE NOTE CAREFULLY26T:

The full set of school regulations and procedures is contained in the

Undergraduate Student Handbook which is available online at your

MyAberdeen page. Students are expected to familiarise themselves not only

with the contents of this leaflet but also with the contents of the Handbook.

Therefore, ignorance of the contents of the Handbook will not excuse the

breach of any School regulation or procedure.

You must familiarise yourself with this important information at the earliest

opportunity.

COURSE CO-ORDINATOR/COURSE TEAM

Dr. Zohar Hadromi-Allouche

King's College KCG17

Office hours by appointment

Tel.: 01224-27-3112

Email: [email protected]

Dr. Jutta Leonhardt-Balzer

King’s College KCS 12

Office hours by appointment

Tel.: 01224-27-3248

Email: [email protected]

mailto:[email protected]

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Discipline Administration:

Mrs Claire Hargaden

50-52 College Bounds

Room CB001

01224 272366

[email protected]

TIMETABLE Tuesday 3pm – 4pm Meston, MT159 Friday 10am – 12noon King’s College, KCT04

Students can view their university timetable at 35TUhttp://www.abdn.ac.uk/infohub/study/timetables-550.phpU35T

COURSE DESCRIPTION

In this course we will discuss the biography and characterisation of Jesus, a

major Muslim prophet and the expected mahdī (Islamic messiah).

The course will look at the existing sources for this biography and the

problems that they present to modern scholars. It will examine in comparable

detail possible Christian origins of this figure.

Through a comparative discussion of the main episodes in the life of Jesus

according to Islam and Christianity, we will learn of the various ways for

understanding his character. The course will also discuss the status of Jesus

against other prophets in Islam, especially Muhammad, and against the

Qur'an.

INTENDED AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES On successful completion of the course students will have

1. A detailed knowledge of the life of Jesus according to Muslim sources.

2. A good knowledge of available Muslim sources for the life of Jesus and how to use them.

3. A good knowledge of the Christian origins of the Muslim image of Jesus.

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The course aims are: - To introduce students to, and familiarise them with the main

episodes in the life of the Jesus according to Islam. - To introduce students to, and familiarise them with the construction

of Jesus' image in Islam. - To introduce students to, and familiarise them with Muslim sources

for the study of Jesus' life. - To introduce students to, and familiarise them with Christian

sources for the Muslim traditions about Jesus.

LECTURE/SEMINAR PROGRAMME Week / Dates Topic Assessment deadlines 1/ 14–18 Sep 2015

Introduction

2/ 21–25 Sep 2015

Biography and sources - NT

3/ 28 Sep–02 Oct 2015

Biography and sources - Islam Quiz 10% 02.10.2015

4/ 05–09 Oct 2015

Jesus as word and spirit of God - NT

5 12–16 Oct 2015

Jesus as word and spirit of God - Islam

Essay topic, ToC and initial 10% bibliography 16.10.2015

6/ 19–23 Oct 2015

Jesus as the Messiah - NT

7/ 26–30 Oct 2015

Jesus as the Messiah - Islam The 2 texts (unmarked) 30.10.2015

8/ 02–06 Nov 2015

Jesus as the performer of miracles and exorcism - NT

9/ 09–13 Nov 2015

Jesus as the performer of miracles and exorcism - Islam

Introduction 10% 13.11.2015

10/ 16–20 Nov 2015

Jesus and Muhammad - NT

11/ 23–27 Nov Jesus and Muhammad - Islam 12/ 30 Nov–04 Dec 2015

Presentations Presentations 10% 01.12.2015/ 04.12.2015

13/ O7–11 Dec 2015

Essay 60% U10.12.2015 3pm

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READING LIST UWeek 1: Introduction

At the beginning of the course the students should have read

a. The Gospel of Mark

b. Robinson, Neal. "Jesus." 10TEncyclopaedia of the Qurʾān10T. Jane Dammen

McAuliffe, ed. Georgetown University, Washington DC. Brill, 2001–

2006. UFloor 7 Reference (Ref 297 Kor )

c. Ramadan, Tariq. The messenger: the meanings of the life of Muhammad.

22TLondon: Allen Lane, 2007. 21T22TUFloor 7U18T21T 18T 20TU(297.094 Ram)U

UWeek 2: Biography and sources – NT

The New Testament – in any version

Marvin W. Meyer (ed.), The Nag Hammadi library in English, translated [from

the Coptic], Leiden : Brill, 1977. (2731 Nag e)

Allison, Dale C. , The historical Christ and the theological Jesus, Grand Rapids,

Mich. ; Cambridge : W.B. Eerdmans Pub. Co., 2009. (232.908 All)

Bond, Helen K.(Helen Katharine) , The historical Jesus [electronic resource] : a

guide for the perplexed / Helen K. Bond., London : T & T Clark, 2012.

Meier, John P. , A marginal Jew : rethinking the historical Jesus , New York :

Doubleday, 1991-2001 (232.9 Mei)

Schweitzer, A., The quest of the historical Jesus : a critical study of its progress

from Reimarus to Wrede, London : A. & C. Black, 1954. (232 Schw q )

Theissen, Gerd, The historical Jesus : a comprehensive guide, London : SCM

Press, 1998. (232.9 The )

Van Voorst, Robert E. , Jesus outside the New Testament : an introduction to

the ancient evidence, Grand Rapids, Mich. : William B. Eerdmans, 2000.

(232.9 Van)

UWeek 3: Biography and sources – Islam

Secondary:

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Emran El-Badawi. “The impact of Aramaic (especially Syriac) on the Qur’ān.”

49TReligion Compass 8.7 (2014), pp. 220-28.

Meshal, R.A. and M. Rheza. "Islamic Perspectives on Jesus." In Delbert Royce

Burkett, Ed. The Blackwell Companion to Jesus. Blackwell, 2011. Pp.

232-249. Floor 7

Khalidi, Tarif. The Muslim Jesus: Sayings and Stories in Islamic Literature

(Convergences: Inventories of the Present). Harvard University Press

(New Ed edition), 2003. Introduction (pp. 1-45). UFloor 7 (297.2465 MUS)

Shoemaker, Stephen J. "Christmas in the Qur'ān: The Qur'ānic Account of

Jesus’ Nativity and Palestinian Local Tradition." Jerusalem Studies in

Arabic and Islam 28 (2003). Pp. 11-39.

Oddbjorn Leirvik. Images of Jesus Christ in Islam. Continuum; 2nd Revised

edition (2010), Pp. 20–24. Online access

Anawati, G.C. "‘Īsā". Encyclopaeida of Islam (2nd edition). Vol. 49T4, pp. 81–8649T.

UFloor 7 Reference (Ref 297 Enc2)

Tottoli, Roberto. Biblical Prophets in the Qur'ān. (297.246 Tot) Heavy demand.

Griffith, Sidney H. "The Gospel, the Qur'ān and the Presentation of Jesus in al-

Ya'qūbī's Ta'rīkh." In John C. Reeves (ed.). Bible and Qur'ān. SBL, 2003.

pp. 133-160.

Klar, Marianna. "Stories of the Prophets." In Andrew Rippin (ed.). The

Blackwell Companion to The Qur'ān. Wiley-Blackwell, 2009. Pp. 338-

349.

Sonn, Tamara. "Introducing." In Andrew Rippin (ed.). The Blackwell

Companion to The Qur'ān.Wiley-Blackwell, 2009. Pp. 3-17.

Primary:

Q 112 (sūrat al-Ṣamad)

The Qur'ān (any translation). verses 3:33-54; 5:17,46,70-78,110-117; 19:2-36.

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Commentaries to the Qur'ān:

1. Jalāl al-Dīn al-Maḥāllī (d. 864 ah / 1459 ce) and Jalāl al-Dīn al-Suyūṭī

(d. 911 ah / 1505 ce), Tafsīr Al-Jalālayn14T, trans. Feras Hamza14T. 14T© 2013 Royal Aal

al-Bayt Institute for Islamic Thought, Amman.14T

2. ‘Abdallāh Ibn ‘Abbās, Tanwīr al-Miqbās min Tafsīr Ibn ‘Abbās, 14Ttrans.

Mokrane Guezzou. © 2013 Royal Aal al-Bayt Institute for Islamic Thought,

Amman, Jordan.14T

3. Wāḥidī (al-), Abū al-Ḥasan ‘Alī bin Aḥmad al-Naysābūrī (d. 468 A.H./

1076 C.E.). Asbāb al-Nuzūl, t14Trans. Mokrane Guezzou.14T

4. Tustarī (al-), Nūrallāh bin ‘Abdallāh (d. 1019 A.H./ 1610 C.E.), Tafsīr

al-Tustarī, 14Ttrans. Annabel Keeler and Ali Keeler14T. 14T© 2013 Royal Aal al-Bayt

Institute for Islamic Thought, Amman, Jordan.

The above (and more) commentaries are available from:

35TUhttp://www.altafsir.com/Tafasir.asp?tMadhNo=0&tTafsirNo=74&tSoraNo=1&

tAyahNo=1&tDisplay=yes&UserProfile=0&LanguageId=2U35T

5. Ibn Kathīr, Imām Abū al-Fidā' Ismā‘īl. Tafsīr Ibn Kathīr (abridged). Ṣafī al-

Raḥmān Mubārakfūrī, ed. Riyadh, London, Darussalam, 2003. 2nd ed.

Collections of stories of the prophets: 1. Kisā'i (al-), Muhammad Ibn 'Abd Allāh and W. M. Thackston, Tales of

the Prophets: Qiṣaṣ al-Anbiyā'. Great Books of the Islamic World, 1997. UFloor 7 (297.18 KIS)

2. Ibn Kathīr, Imām Abū al-Fidā' Ismā‘īl. Stories of the Prophets.

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (1 edition), 2013.

3. Tha'labī (al-), Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad, d. 1035. '36TUArā'is al-majālis fī

qiṣaṣ al-anbiyā', or, [electronic resource] : Lives of the prophets / as recounted

by Abū Isḥāq Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn Ibrāhīm al-Tha'labī ; translated and

annotated by William M. Brinner.U36T Leiden, Boston: Brill, 2002. Pp. 638-648.

Available from: 37TUhttp://site.ebrary.com/lib/aberdeenuniv/Doc?id=10090603U37T

Ṭabarī, Ibn Jarīr, d. 923. The Children of Israel . William M. Brinner, trans. and

annotation. Albany : State University of New York Press, c1991. UFloor

http://www.altafsir.com/Tafasir.asp?tMadhNo=0&tTafsirNo=74&tSoraNo=1&tAyahNo=1&tDisplay=yes&UserProfile=0&LanguageId=2


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UWeek 4: Jesus as the word and spirit of God - NT

Texts to read: Gospel of John

Matthew 18.19-21

Borgen, Peder, Logos was the true light, and other essays on the Gospel of

John, [Trondheim, Norway] : Tapir, 1983. (226.504 Bor)

Johnston, George, The spirit-paraclete in the Gospel of John, Cambridge

[Eng.]: University Press, 1970. (Per 200 Soc NTS)

Koester, Craig R., The word of life : a theology of John’s Gospel, Grand Rapids,

Mich. ; Cambridge : W.B. Eerdmans Pub. Co., 2008. (226.506 Koe)

Mack, Burton Lee. , Logos und Sophia : Untersuchungen zur

Weisheitstheologie im hellenistischen Judentum, Göttingen :

Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, [1973] (296 Mack l)

Sadananda, Daniel Rathnakara, The Johannine exegesis of God : an

exploration into the Johannine understanding of God, Berlin : Walter de

Gruyter, c2004. (226.506 Sad)

Windisch, Hans, The Spirit-Paraclete in the fourth Gospel, Philadelphia :

Fortress, 1968. (p2313 Win s)

Evans, Craig A., Matthew [electronic resource], Cambridge : Cambridge

University Press, 2012.

Luz, Ulrich, Matthew 8-20 / a commentary by Ulrich Luz ; translation by James

E. Crouch ; edited by Helmut Koester, Minneapolis : Fortress, 2001.

(226.2 Luz)

UWeek 5: Jesus as the word and spirit of God – Islam

Secondary:

Leirvik, Images of Jesus Christ in Islam, ch. 2-3. Online access

Parrinder, Geoffrey. Jesus in the Qur'an. Oneworld Publications, c1995, pp. 45-

52. UFloor 7 (297.2465 Par )

Muhammad Ata'Ur-Rahim. Jesus - a Prophet of Islam. Kitab Bhavan, 2000.

Revised edition. Floor 7 (297.2465 ATA )

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Siddiqui, Mona. Christians, Muslims and Jesus. Yale University Press. UFloor

7 261.27 SIDU

Thomas, David, ed. and trans. Early Muslim Polemic against Christianity: Abu

'Īsā al-Warrāq's "Against the Incarnation". Cambridge University Press,

2002. UFloor 7 (297.283 WAR )

Gabriel Said Reynolds, ed. The Qurān in its historical context, London:

Routledge. 2008. p. 17.

John 14:16; Q 61 (sūrat al-Ṣaff):6

Q 97

Qur'ān, chapters: 3:93, 45, 59; 4:171 ("Word"); 2:87, 253; 5:110; 19:17, 21:91;

66:12; 16:102; 26:192; 15:29 ("Spirit"); chapter 97.

For the following verses also prepare the commentaries: 4:171; 61:6

The Gospel of John, ch. 1; 14:16-17.

Khalidi, The Muslim Jesus, pp. 58-61; 74-75; 96-97; 108-109; 122-123; 142-

145; 176-191;198-199; 202-209. UFloor 7 (297.2465 MUS )


1. Jalāl al-Dīn al-Maḥāllī and Jalāl al-Dīn al-Suyūṭī, Tafsīr Al-Jalālayn14T. 14T

2. ‘Abdallāh Ibn ‘Abbās, Tanwīr al-Miqbās min Tafsīr Ibn ‘Abbās.

3. Wāḥidī (al-), Asbāb al-Nuzūl14T. 14T

4. Tustarī (al-), Tafsīr al-Tustarī14T. 14T

All the above commentaries are available from:



Kisā'i (al-), Tales of the Prophets: Qiṣaṣ al-Anbiyā'. UFloor 7 (297.18 KIS)

Ibn Kathīr, Stories of the Prophets.

Tha'labī (al-), '36TArā'is al-majālis fī qiṣaṣ al-anbiyā', or Lives of the prophets,36T

37TUhttp://site.ebrary.com/lib/aberdeenuniv/Doc?id=10090603U37T

Ṭabarī, The children of Israel. UFloor 7 (297.63 TAB )




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2002. UFloor 7 (297.283 WAR )

UWeek 6: Jesus as the Messiah – NT

Bockmuehl, Markus N. A., This Jesus: martyr, Lord, Messiah, Edinburgh : T&T

Clark, 1994. (232 Boc)

Chester, Andrew, Messiah and exaltation: Jewish messianic and visionary

traditions and New Testament Christology, Tübingen : Mohr Siebeck,

c2007. (232.1 Che)

Collins, Adela Yarbro, Collins, J. J., King and Messiah as Son of God: divine,

human, and angelic Messianic figures in Biblical and related literature,

Grand Rapids, Mich. ; Cambridge : William B. Eerdmans Pub. Co., 2008.

(232.1 Col)

Horbury, William, Jewish Messianism and the cult of Christ, London : SCM

Press, 1998. (232.12 Hor)

Horbury, William, Messianism among Jews and Christians: twelve biblical and

historical studies, London : T&T Clark, 2003. (291.23 Hor )

Siddiqui, Mona, Christians, Muslims, and Jesus, New Haven ; London : Yale

University Press, c2013. (261.27 SID)

UWeek 7: Jesus as the Messiah - Islam

Secondary:

Parrinder, Geoffrey. Jesus in the Qur'an. Oneworld Publications, c1995,

chapter 2.

Suleiman A. Mourad, "Does the Qur'ān deny or assert Jesus's crucifixion and

death?," in Gabriel Said Reynolds, ed. New Perspectives on the Qur'ān:

The Qurān in its historical context 2, London and New York: Routledge,

2011, pp. 349–357.

Robinson, Neal. Christ in Islam and Christianity : the representation of Jesus in

the Qur'an and the classical Muslim commentaries. Basingstoke :

Macmillan, 1991, ch. 9-10. Floor 7 (232 Rob )

Reynolds, Gabriel Said. “The Muslim Jesus: Dead or Alive?” Bulletin of the

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School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. Vol. 72,

No. 2 (2009). Pp. 237-258 DOI:38TU

http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0041977X09000500U38T



2002. UFloor 7 (297.283 WAR )

Dirks, Gerald F., The Cross and the Crescent, Riyadh: International Islamic

Publishing House and Amana Publications, 2008.

Lawson, Todd. The Crucifixion and the Qur'an: A Study in the History of Muslim

Thought. Oneworld Publications, 2009. UFloor 7 (297.1226 LAW )

Griffith, Sidney H. The Church in the Shadow of the Mosque: Christians and

Muslims in the World of Islam (Jews, Christians and Muslims from the

Ancient to the Modern World). Princeton University Press, 2011. Floor

7 (297.283 GRI )

Primary:

Q 93 (sūrat al-ḍuḥā); Psalm 22; Matthew 27:27–53.

Qur'ān 4:157-158 – with commentaries.

U"The Arrest of Jesus in Islamic Sources" handout , available from MyAberdeen.

Khalidi, The Muslim Jesus. UFloor 7 (297.2465 MUS )









Kisā'i (al-), Tales of the Prophets: Qiṣaṣ al-Anbiyā', pp. 326–336. UFloor

7 (297.18 KIS)

http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0041977x09000500

http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0041977x09000500



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Ibn Kathīr, Stories of the Prophets, pp. 305–326.

Tha'labī (al-), '36TArā'is al-majālis fī qiṣaṣ al-anbiyā', or Lives of the prophets,36T pp.

670–676. 37TUhttp://site.ebrary.com/lib/aberdeenuniv/Doc?id=10090603U37T


UWeek 8: Jesus as the performer of miracles and exorcism – NT

Primary sources:

Miracle stories in NT:

In Mark spread over chapters 2-11

In John, spread over 2-12

Infancy Gospel of Thomas, especially the Greek fragments, available on

www.earlychristianwritings.com/infancythomas.html

Secondary literature:

Bell, Richard H., Deliver us from evil: interpreting the redemption from the

power of Satan in New Testament theology, Tübingen : Mohr Siebeck,

c2007. (234.3 Bel)

John C. Cavadini (ed.), Miracles in Jewish and Christian antiquity: imagining

truth, Notre Dame, Ind. : University of Notre Dame Press, 1999.

(231.73 Cav )

Klutz, Todd, The Exorcism stories in Luke-Acts [electronic resource] : a

sociostylistic reading, Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University

Press, 2004.

Dunn, James D.G., and McKnight, Scot (eds), The historical Jesus in recent

research [electronic resource], Winona Lake, Ind. : Eisenbrauns, 2005.

Amy-Jill Levine, Dale C. Allison Jr., and John Dominic Crossan (eds), The

historical Jesus in context, Princeton, N.J. ; Oxford : Princeton University

Press, c2006. (232.908 HIS )

Novakovic, Lidija, Messiah, the healer of the sick: a study of Jesus as the Son

of David in the Gospel of Matthew, Tübingen : Mohr Siebeck, c2003.

(226.206 Nov)

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Porterfield, Amanda, Healing in the history of Christianity [electronic

resource], Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.

Remus, Harold, Jesus as healer, Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University

Press, 1997. (232.955 Rem)

Theissen, Gerd, The miracle stories of the early Christian tradition / by Gerd

Theissen ; translated by Francis McDonagh ; edited by John Riches,

Edinburgh : T. & T. Clark, 1983. (231.73 The)

Yoshizawa, Tadashi, Healing and Davidic kingship : an analysis of Old

Testament and early Jewish motifs in Matthew’s gospel / Tadashi

Yoshizawa. Imprint 2013. (Ref Th2013 Yos)

UWeek 9: Jesus as the performer of miracles and exorcism – Islam

Secondary:

Robinson, Neal. Christ in Islam and Christianity: the representation of Jesus in

the Qur'an and the classical Muslim commentaries. Basingstoke :

Macmillan, 1991, ch. 14, 16, 17. Floor 7 (232 Rob )

Leirvik, Images of Jesus Christ in Islam, pp. 59-61. Online access

Javad Nurbakhsh. Jesus in the Eyes of the Sufis. Khaniqahi-Nimatullahi

Publications; New Impression edition (Dec 1983).

Cragg, Kenneth, Jesus and the Muslim: An Exploration, Oxford: Oneworld

Publications, 2003. Floor 7 (296.2465 CRA)

Primary

Infancy Gospel of Thomas, available on

www.earlychristianwritings.com/infancythomas.html

John 2:1–12; Tha'labī (al-), '36TArā'is al-majālis fī qiṣaṣ al-anbiyā', or Lives of the

prophets, pp. 650–651.36T


Qur'ānic verses with commentary: 3:49, 5:110-115; 19:33.

Khalidi, The Muslim Jesus, traditions 162, 247. UFloor 7 (297.2465 MUS )


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UWeek 10: Jesus and Muhammad –NT

Primary sources

Gen 2-3

Apocryphon of John, in Marvin W. Meyer (ed.), The Nag Hammadi library in

English, translated [from the Coptic], Leiden : Brill, 1977. (2731 Nag e)

Early Christian statements about Christ in:

J. Stevenson, W. H. C. Frend (eds), A New Eusebius: Documents illustrating the

History of the Church to AD 337, London: SPCK, 1987, (270.1 Ste): text

numbers: 10, 12, 27, 37, 42-44, 56, 77, 93, 98, 110, 115, 127, 138, 177, 185,

280-284, 286, 288, 291, 295

J. Stevenson, W. H. C. Frend (eds), Creeds, Councils and Controversies:

Documents illustrating the History of the Church AD 337-461, London: SPCK

1989 (270.2 Ste): text numbers: 6, 8, 90

Secondary literature

Aus, Roger David, Matthew 1-2 and the virginal conception : in light of

Palestinian and Hellenistic Judaic traditions on the birth of Israel’s first



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redeemer, Moses, Lanham, Md. ; Oxford : University Press of America,

c2004. (226.206 AUS )

Fowler, Robert M., Loaves and fishes : the function of the feeding stories in the

Gospel of Mark, Chico, Calif. : Scholars Press, c1981. (226.3 Fow)

Nicol, W. , The Semeia in the fourth gospel. Tradition and redaction. By W.

Nicol. , Leiden, Brill, 1972. (Per 200 Nov Sup)

Peters, F. E.(Francis E.) , Jesus and Muhammad : parallel tracks, parallel lives,

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011. (200.922 PET )

Salier, Willis Hedley, The rhetorical impact of the semeia in the Gospel of John,

Tübingen : Mohr Siebeck, c2004. (226.506 Sal )

UWeek 11: Jesus and Muhammad – Islam

Secondary:

Parrinder, Geoffrey. Jesus in the Qur'an. Oneworld Publications, c1995, pp. 45-

52. UFloor 7 (297.2465 Par )

Peters, F. E. "Jesus and Muhammad: A Historian's Reflection." The Muslim

World, 86 (1996), pp. 334–341.

Peters, F. E. Jesus and Muhammad: Parallel Tracks, Parallel Lives. OUP USA,

2011.

UFloor 7 (200.922 PET )

Dammen McAuliffe, Jane, "The Prediction and Prefiguration of Muḥammad,"

in John Reeves (ed.), Bible and Qur'ān, SBL: 2003, pp. 107-132. UFloor 7

(297.1221 REE)

Rubin, Uri. The Eye of the Beholder: The Life of Muhammad as Viewed by the

Early Muslims. Princeton: Darwin Press, 1997. UFloor 7 (297.63 RUB )

Williams, Rebecca R. Muhammad and the supernatural : medieval Arab views

/ Rebecca R. Williams. Abingdon, Oxon ; N.Y. [N.Y.] : Routledge, 2013.

UFloor 7 (297.63 WIL )

Winters, Tim. "Jesus and Muhammad: New Convergences." The Muslim

World, 99 (2009), pp. 21-38.

Primary:

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UA handout on MyAberdeen: "Muḥammad-Jesus reports"U.

John 8:59

Ibn Hishām, `Abd al-Mālik, d. 834.,Muḥammad Ibn Isḥāk d. ca. 768.; Alfred

Guillaume. The life of Muhammad : a translation of Isḥāq's Sīrat rasūl

Allāh. London; New York: Oxford University Press, 1955, pp. 222–223.

UFloor 7 (297 Muh M )U; also available in full version to download from:

https://archive.org/details/TheLifeOfMohammedGuillaume

Ibn Kathīr, Imām Abū al-Fidā' Ismā‘īl. The Life of the Prophet Muhammad.

Trevor Le Gassick, trans. Reading: Garnet, 1998. UFloor 7 (297.63 Kat )

Khalidi, The Muslim Jesus. UFloor 7 (297.2465 MUS )

The Qur'ān - in any translation
















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ASSESSMENT PLEASE NOTE: In order to pass a course on the first attempt, a student must attain a Common Grading Scale (CGS) mark of at least E3 on each element of course assessment. Failure to do so will result in a grade of no greater than CGS E1 for the course as a whole. ULevel 4U:

- 1 quiz (10%)

- Continuous assessment (30%) –

o Essay topic, ToC and initial biblliography (10%); o Introduction (10%); o Class presentation (10%)

- 1 essay of 3500 words (60%).

ULevel 5U:

- 1 quiz (10%)

- Continuous assessment (30%) –

o Essay topic, ToC and initial bibliography (10%); o Introduction (10%); o Class presentation (10%)

- 1 essay of 4500 words (60%).

35TUClick to view the University Level Descriptors (ANNEX A).U35T

35TUClick to view the University Assessment Scale Band Descriptors (ANNEX B).U35T

QUIZ (10% of final mark)

• A U1-hourU quiz will take place on Friday 02 October 2015.

• The quiz will check knowledge of the basic data included in the

required reading for week 1 (The Gospel of Mark; Robinson, "Jesus,"

from the 10TEncyclopaedia of the Qurʾān10T; Lings, Muhammad).

• It will account for 10% of the course mark.

• The purpose of the quiz is to make sure all students have reasonable

familiarity with the traditional biographies of Jesus and Muḥammad (in

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terms of events, dates, names, places chronology) before we start

working in depth on specific themes.

PRESENTATION

• Each student will give a 10-minute presentation on 01.12.2015 or

04.12.2015.

• The presentation will briefly present the essay topic and texts; interim

findings; and the challenges that the texts present you with.

• It will account for 10% of final mark.

• The aim of this presentation is to

(a) enable students to present the interim results of their work;

(b) receive helpful insights from their peers; and

(c) practice skills of talking to an audience and presenting one's

research.

ESSAYS • One essay is required in the course. It is due by Thursday 10 December

2015, 3PM.

• The essay should be 3500 words in length at level 4 and 4500 words at

level 5 (including footnotes, but excluding bibliography).

• It will account for 60% of the course mark.

• The purpose of this essay is to give students an opportunity to

a) Gain in-depth knowledge of a specific theme in regards to the image

of Jesus/ 'Īsā as a Muslim character.

b) Do hands-on research work with primary sources of classical Islam.

c) Acquire research methodology.

d) Gain tools for independent research.

ESSAY TOPIC

Explore one of the course's themes in regards to the Muslim Jesus.

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A. Choose a theme regarding the image of Jesus in Islam.

The Usecond primary sourceU can be either a Christian source (e.g., the Bible;

the Infancy Gospel of Thomas), or a Muslim source (stories of the prophets

literature; historiography; etc.).

*The UEssay topic, ToC and initial bibliographyU (10–12 sources) are due by

Friday 16 October 2015.

B. Identify 2 different primary texts, which refer to the chosen theme. The

first primary source should be taken from the Qur'ān.

The second primary source should be UeitherU

- A Christian source (e.g., the Bible, the Gospel of Thomas; etc.)

UOrU

- An Islamic sources (e.g., Stories of the Prophets literature, historiography;

etc.).

*The Utwo texts

C. are due by Friday 30 October 2015.

D. Discuss the chosen theme within these 2 texts.

The discussion should include all of the following elements:

a. UThe Qur'ānic contextU: a discussion of the chosen theme in the context

of the Qur'ān. This discussion should make use of relevant commentary

literature (tafsīr) for the chosen verse(s); as well as of secondary

literature.

— The discussion should indicate to how the theme is expressed in the

Qur'ān, how is it regarded, and how the Muslim commentators treat it

in their exegesis (tafsīr). Names, terms (e.g, al-masīḥ) and any other

motif that you find interesting should be explained (secondary

literature can help).

— The discussion should be preceded by a short reference to the

commentary sources being used (e.g., when the authors lived, their

religious denomination within Islam, etc.).

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b. UA comparative contextU: a comparison between the how the chosen

theme is presented in the Qur'ān on the one hand, and in the second

primary text on the other.

— Point out and discuss the similarities/ differences between your

main text and other chosen text. Secondary literature might be helpful

here, either with direct arguments or as a source of inspiration.

— The discussion should be preceded by a short reference to the

source in which the second text is found (e.g., if it is found in Tales of

the Prophets collection, say something about this genre, and in what

context within that book this specific text appears).

c. USecondary literatureU: in addition to primary sources, the discussion

must also make use of secondary (academic scholarly) sources. A good

starting point will be the Encyclopaedia of the Qur'ān (entries about

Jesus and Mary, with references to other entries); The Encyclopaedia

of; the reading list for this course; the library catalogue; ALTA and

JSTOR databases; etc.

The essay structure should thus be:

Introduction (±250 words): present the chosen theme, Qur'ānic text (sūras

and context) and commentaries to the Qur'ān (sources: genre and author).

Include the text of the verses (the verses will not count towards the word

count of the essay)

Discussion: Discuss the presentation of the theme in the relevant Qur'ānic

verses and the commentaries to these verses. Where applicable, identify and

discuss names, terms, and motifs in the text.

Compare to the other primary text in terms of how the theme is presented in

each text. Add additional insights, if any, suggested by secondary literature.

Include the text of the second primary text (this text will not count towards

the word count of the essay)

Conclusions: What did the analysis reveal (what was not obvious through

literal reading of the text alone).

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ASSESSMENT DEADLINES The UquizU will take place on Friday 02 October 2015.

The UEssay topic, ToC and initial bibliographyU are due by Friday 16

October 2015.

The U2 textsU (unmarked) are due by Friday 30 October 2015.

The UIntroductionU is due by Friday 13 November 2015.

The UpresentationU dates are 01 December 2015 UorU 04 December 2015.

The UessayU is due by Thursday 10 December 2015, 3PM.

SUBMISSION ARRANGEMENTS Submit one paper copy to the drop boxes in CB008 in 50-52 College Bounds

and one electronic copy to Turnitin via MyAberdeen. Both copies to be

submitted by 3.00pm on the due date.

UPlease note: Failure to submit both to Turnitin, and also one identical hard copy with the Turnitin receipt attached will result in a deduction of marks. UFailure to submit to Turnitin will result in a zero mark.

RESIT INFORMATION

There is no resit at level 4.

At level 5 the resit is 100% essay.

Access to the resit which is provisional on:

• All submitted coursework having been submitted and graded at CAS 6

or higher.

• Student having a valid Class Certificate. Students with C7’s are not

eligible for resits.