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Quranic Studies
Qur'anic studies is the academic study of the Quran, the religious scripture of Islam. Schools Behnam Sadeghi and Mohsen Goudarzi classify scholars of Quranic studies into four groups: traditionalists, revisionists, skeptics, and neo-traditionalists. Most premodern scholars belong to the traditionalist group. According to Sadeghi and Goudarzi, the traditional account: The traditional account "continues to be fairly popular among the specialists in the Muslim world". European and American scholars, however, do not often agree with this account. This is because there is a "prevailing distrust in the literary sources on which it is founded". Sadeghi and Goudarzi categorize the majority of modern Euro American scholars into two main groups. The revisionist group rejects the traditional account as wrong. They dispute the idea that Uthman sought to correct the text, or they believe that important modifications in the standard text continued after Uthman, or, in the instance of scholar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Academic Field
An academy (Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of secondary or tertiary higher learning (and generally also research or honorary membership). The name traces back to Plato's school of philosophy, founded approximately 385 BC at Akademia, a sanctuary of Athena, the goddess of wisdom and skill, north of Athens, Greece. Etymology The word comes from the ''Academy'' in ancient Greece, which derives from the Athenian hero, ''Akademos''. Outside the city walls of Athens, the gymnasium was made famous by Plato as a center of learning. The sacred space, dedicated to the goddess of wisdom, Athena, had formerly been an olive grove, hence the expression "the groves of Academe". In these gardens, the philosopher Plato conversed with followers. Plato developed his sessions into a method of teaching philosophy and in 387 BC, established what is known today as the Old Academy. By extension, ''academia'' has come to mean the accumulation, de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
