New MAPI Course: "An Historical Assessment of the Qur'an" (June 16-Aug 11) Dr Brubaker

We are proud to introduce the 6th of our Ten MAPI courses for our 'Master's Degree in Apologetics and Polemics to Islam' program (MAPI), entitled IS506[25] "An Historical Assessment of the Qur'an", which will be taught by Dr Dan Brubaker every Monday evening, from June 19 - August 11, 2025. This course assesses the Qur'an itself right through history, looking at its earliest manuscripts, including its codicological and textual features, while assessing the major themes and theology in its text, as well as how the major commentators exegeted the text itself, and how we can use this research in our ministries with Muslims. Note: this course is for Christians alone, as it is being taught at the Veritas International University, which is a seminary. If you would like to take this course, just e-mail "Eliott Davis" before March 31 at: edavis@ves.edu Beginning on Monday the 16th of June (starting at 8:00 p.m. - East Coast Time) Dan will lecture for 8 weeks, with each lecture followed by a 'live' Q&A between students and Dr Dan Brubaker, Dr Daniel Janosik and Dr Jay Smith on the material introduced that week. All 3 of the professors have promised that they will they will be "live" so that you as students can have "live" access to them. The Lectures will be 'live', via Zoom Webinar, every Monday evening from 8:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. (Eastern Time - USA) until August the 11th. Since all of our teaching is by Zoom Webinar, those of you who have registered can watch the lectures from the comfort of your own home, anywhere in the world, or at any time, as the lectures will be recorded and the URL along with the accompanying PowerPoint, and PDFs will be sent to you by Dr Smith the next day by a Mailchimp email. As we have in the past, we are offering this course for 3 categories of students: 1) FULL-TIME MASTER'S OR DOCTORAL DEGREE STUDENTS: The first category are those students who want to take this course for a Master's or a Doctorate academic credit. This is a 3-credit course, so the fee for each credit is $330, coupled with administration costs makes the total for the whole course around $1,500 (depending on whether you are a returning or a new student). For these full-time students, the full course itself continues for 15 weeks, stretching from June 16 to September 29, 2025 (though there are only 8 weeks of lecture). This will give you ample time to read and then write logs on the books required for the course, participate in the discussions, write your Research papers, and write your final 'open book' exam. 2) AUDIT STUDENTS: The second category are those students who want to simply audit the course. The fee for the entire 8-week course is $325. An Audit student will not have any assignments, but will have access to the Populi site where the discussions and assignments are found (like the Full-time academic students), and will be able to listen to the lectures and will be sent the Power-points and PDFs to download. 3) PERSONAL ENRICHMENT STUDENTS: The third category are those students who simply want to take this course for their 'Personal Enrichment'. Their fee for the 8-week course is only $225. Unlike the Full-time students or the Audit students, they will not have access to the Populi site, but they will still have "live access" to all of the lectures, and they will be sent the Power-points and PDFs to download and use in their own ministries. To underline the distinctions, while all of the students in all 3 categories will have access to all of the lectures, the Power-points and the PDFs for the entire 8-week course, the full-time Academic (as well as the Audit students) will also have admission to the Populi site to participate in the ongoing weekly discussions, and will have access to the reading lists and assignments, though the full-time students will be the only ones required to fulfill them. If you are interested in any of these 3 levels, simply e-mail the registrar 'Eliott Davis' at: edavis@ves.edu But hurry, as the first lecture begins on Monday, June 16, 2025 at 8:00 p.m. Eastern Time (US). LECTURE TOPICS: Week #1: Quran Overview Week #2: Traditional views of the Quran’s history and critical scholarship Week #3: Theology and Major Themes of the Quran Week #4: Quran’s history and transmission as a physical object Week #5: The Quran’s Exegesis, and the Qurʾan in Relationship to Itself and Other Scriptures Week #6: Quran Manuscripts: Codicology and Textual Features Week #7: Quran manuscripts: Variants and Corrections Week #8: Summary: Popular, Theological, and Apologetic Implications Dr Dan Brubaker's Book "Corrections in Early Qur'an Manuscripts" can be bought at Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Daniel-Alan-Brubaker/author/B07SCRCH5X?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1&qid=1748637875&sr=8-1&isDramIntegrated=true&shoppingPortalEnabled=true © Pfander Centre for Apologetics & Polemics - US, May 30, 2025 (118,860) Music: "Small Adventure" by Rafael Krux, from Filmmusic-io, bought on 2020/05/09