Burhanettin Tatar Professor of Theology, Ondokuz Mayıs University (Turkey) Resident at the Forschungskolleg Humanwissenschaften: July 2023 Research topic at the Forschungskolleg Humanwissenschaften: »Hermeneutical Dialogue Between the Dynamics of Sacred Texts and Historical Reality« Project outline: The problem of the relationship between the Qur'an as a sacred text and history is roughly handled at three different levels. 1) Explaining and interpreting the formation of the text on the basis of history. 2) Making sense of the historical process in terms of the text. 3) Focusing on the interplay between history and text. The first approach is generally represented by historicist perspectives. Here the scripture is either a historical product or a historical source. The second approach is represented by groups such as the Zahiri (Literalist) and the Khariji groups in the history of Islam. Today, revivalist or fundamentalist approaches see the Qur'an as the text that should shape history. It can be said that the third approach is roughly represented by Ahl al-Sunnah. However, when it is considered that the Ahl al-Sunnah see the Qur'an as a universal religious source, it becomes clear that their perspective is closely related to the second approach. (Burhanettin Tatar) Research partner: Burhanettin Tatar follows the invitation of Ömer Özsoy, Professor of Qur’an Exegesis at Goethe University Frankfurt am Main and Goethe Fellow at the Forschungskolleg Humanwissenschaften. His stay is supported by the »Linked Open Tafsīr« program of the Academy for Islam in Research and Society (AIWG) of Frankfurt University and the Goethe Fellow program of Goethe University Frankfurt am Main. Scholarly profile of Burhanettin TatarBurhanettin Tatar received his Ph.D. degree at The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. in 1997. His dissertation was entitled »Interpretation and the Problem of Authorial Intention. H.-G. Gadamer vs E. D. Hirsh«. Since 2008 he is full professor of Islam at Ondokuz Mayıs University.Main areas of research: Islamic philosophy, philosophical hermeneutics, philosophy of Islamic art, Qur’anic hermeneutics, Theory of Turkish Classical and Traditional Music, Interreligious Dialogue Selected publications:
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