Course curriculum

    1. Program Description & Outline

    2. Syllabus

    3. Essential Resources

    4. Brown, “Introduction,” in Companion, 1–11.

    5. Orientation Zoom Recording

    1. Overview of Week 1

    2. Abdul-Jabbar, “The Classical Tradition.” Companion, ch. 1, pp. 15–38.

    3. Abdul-Jabbar. “Collections.” Companion, ch. 7, pp. 137–158.

    4. Week 1 Hadith Readings

    5. Week 1 Jewish & Christian Sources

    6. Week 1 Discussion

    7. Week 1 Zoom Recording

    1. Overview of Week 2

    2. Essential: Melchert, “Law.” Companion, ch. 10, pp. 205–221.

    3. Recommended: Katz, Prayer in Islamic Thought and Practice. Chapter 1

    4. Week 2 Hadith Readings

    5. Ibn Rushd. The Distinguished Jurist’s Primer. Vol. 1, Book of Purification.

    6. Week 2 Jewish & Christian Sources

    7. Optional: Berg. “Exegesis.” Companion, ch. 11, pp. 223–239.

    8. Discussion - Law & Ritual

    9. Week 2 Zoom Recording

    1. Overview of Week 3

    2. Hansu, Hüseyin. “Theology.” Companion, ch. 12

    3. Optional: Pakatchi, Ahmad. “Shiʿism.” Companion, ch. 14, pp. 281–294,

    4. Week 3 Hadith Readings

    5. Week 3 Jewish & Christian Sources

    6. Discussion - Theology & Hadith

    7. Week 3 Zoom — Rescheduled for Oct 28

    1. Overview of Week 4

    2. Schimmel, Annemarie. And Muhammad Is His Messenger. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1985. Introduction, ch. 2, and ch. 3. Optional ch. 1 for an overview of the Prophet’s life.

    3. Görke, “Muhammad” in Companion, ch. 4

    4. Week 4 Hadith Readings

    5. Week 4 Jewish & Christian Sources

    6. Discussion - Devotion and Imitation

    7. Week 4 Zoom — Rescheduled for Nov 11

    1. "Western Hadith Studies.” Wiley Concise Companion, ch. 2 on the historical-critical study of hadith.

    2. Chapter on Hadith from my New Introduction to Islam — covers some of the same ground as the above

About this course

  • Free
  • 37 lessons
  • 0.5 hours of video content