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The students gain basic knowledge about the biography of the Prophet Muhammad; gain insight into the genesis of sīra research as a discipline of science, sīra literature and the current state of sīra research (Islamic theology and Islamic studies).

Introduction to the Prophet's Biography (as-sīra an-nabawīya). As-sīra an-nabawīya as science discipline; Insight into the sīra literature and the current state of sīra research (Islamic-theological and Islamic studies).

Lecture/Reading

Oral or written examination

Tilman Nagel: Mohammed. Leben und Legende, München: Oldenburg Verlag, 2008

Marco Schöller: Exegetisches Denken und Prophetenbiographie. Diskurse der Arabistik 3, Wiesbaden: Harrasowitz Verlag, 1998.

Fuat Sezgin: Buhari'nin kaynakları hakkında araştırmalar, Ankara: kitâbiyât, 2000, 2. Aufl. 2000.

Amir, Dziri: Sira - Einführung in die Prophetenbiografie Studienreihe Islamische Theologie Band 1, Kalam Verlag, 2014.

Muhammad Ibn Ishâq: Das Leben des Propheten: As-sîratu n-nabawiyya, Spohr 2008.