I have 2 different articles and I would like a single-spaced page essay for each
I have 2 different articles and I would like a single-spaced page essay for each article. Please engage with the reading more in a personal manner such as if the knowledge in the article new to you or if it is not new what do you think about the author’s perspective? How do you relate this to other classes you took or your faith tradition/worldview etc. Please note that I have an Islamic background and I have taken a world religion class before studying the most famous religions in different parts of the world.
FIRST Response to Sells Article:
Guiding questions:
According to Michael Sells, why it is hard for Westerners to read Qur’an?
What was the general assumption of medieval Europeans about the Qur’an?
How do Muslims traditionally study the Qur’an?
What are some differences between the early Meccan and Medinan Chapters?
What are some differences between Quranic and Biblical traditions?
Why Qur’anic voice shifts when referring to one God sometimes as “We”, “your Lord”, or as “I” What is the reason for that?
Why Sells translate the opening verse as “In the name of God the Compassionate, the Caring” rather than “In the name of God the Compassionate the merciful?
SECOND Response to Mattson Article:
Guiding Questions:
1) What are the early reasons that Muslims need to interpret Qur’an?
2) What are some of the interpretive tools that early Muslims use in understanding the Qur’an? a) What is intertexuality/Isra’illiyat?
b) What is “occasion of revelations?
c) How language of Qur’an is important in understanding Qur’an?
3) How was Sunna, Prophetic Tradition used as an interpreter of Qur’an?