Non-Moslems tend to be completely unfamiliar with Islam's key text, the Koran. This course aims to address this deficiency. The purpose of the class is to gain insight. We shall read the book together in class. Our object is not belief but understanding of what the text says. (Non-Christians may, after all, know quite a lot about the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus.) You will need a copy of the Penguin translation by N J Dawood (a post-1990 edition).