Qur'an and Bible.

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This course offers a general introduction to the Qur’an, with special emphasis on facets of understanding the Qur’an that place it into conversation with the Christian Bible. These facets include: the historical origins of the Qur’an in the context of Jewish and Christian biblical traditions of late antiquity; principles of interpretation that have been applied to the Qur’an within Islam, with attention to parallel hermeneutical issues in biblical interpretation within the Church; the roles of the Qur’an and the Bible in the history of Christian-Muslim relations; and comparative analysis of the Christian doctrine of Scripture and Islamic theology on the Qur’an. Prerequisite: BITH 211 or BITH 221 or BITH 312 or ARCH 211 and BITH 213 or ARCH 213 .