Center for Islamic Theology

Funda Eryurt, M.A.

Research Assistant

at the Chair of Quranic Studies
2nd Chairperson of the Graduate Council

Office

Center for Islamic Theology
Liebermeisterstraße 18, 72076 Tübingen
6th level, Room 603

+49 7071 29-75380

f.eryurt@zith.uni-tuebingen.de

Office hours: by appointment

Research

Main research areas

  • Quran readings
  • Arabic Grammar
  • Development of Arabic Script
  • Study of Quran Manuscripts
  • Islamic Illuminated Art
  • Prophet Stories in Religious Texts in the Torah, the Bible, and the Quran

Short Vita

since October 2021
Research Assistant

at the Chair of Quranic Studies, Center for Islamic Theology, University Tübingen

since December 2016
Scholarship Holder

Maturidi doctoral promotion funding

October 2016 - October 2020
Master's Degree and Graduation in Islamic Studies

at the Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main

May 2016 - July 2016
Student Assistant

in the library of the Center for Islamic Theology, University of Tübingen

2015
Bachelor's Degree (Bachelor of Theology)

at the Eberhard Karls University Tübingen

December 2014 - July 2015
Student Assistant

at the Institut of General Medicine and Interprofessional Care within the scientific BMBF-project CarEMi

September 2013 - January 2014
Semester abroad

at the Marmara University in Istanbul

Publications

  • Funda Eryurt und Şeyma Nur Ünal: „Die Kunst des Bewahrens – auf der Spur der Koranfragmente in Tübingen“, ZefiD 2 (August 2024), S. 67–96.
  • Das Koranfragment (M a VI 155) mit Faksimile-Ausgabe, Bearbeitet und kommentiert von Şeyma Nur Ünal und Funda Eryurt. Unter Mitwirkung von Prof. Dr. Omar Hamdan. Tübingen: Lehrstuhl für Koranwissenschaften - Zentrum für Islamische Theologie - Universität Tübingen, 1. Aufl., 2024/1445, 80 S./41 S. [Omar Hamdan (Hrsg.): Tübinger Koranhandschriften; Heft 3].
  • Das Koranfragment (M a VI 166) mit Faksimile-Ausgabe, Bearbeitet und kommentiert von Omar Hamdan, Seyma Nur Ünal, Funda Eryurt. Tübingen: Lehrstuhl für Koranwissenschaften - Zentrum für Islamische Theologie - Universität Tübingen, 1. Aufl., 2023/1443, 137 S./121 S. [Omar Hamdan (Hg.): Tübinger Koranhandschriften; Heft 2].
  • Omar Hamdan: Mushaf Olarak Kur’ân ‒Kur’ân’ın Erken Dönemde Kopyalanması, Noktalaması ve Kur’ân Kopyalarının Sahipleri Üzerine Bireysel Çalışmalar‒. Çev.: Funda Eryurt. Ankara: Fecr Yayınları 2023/1445, 210 S.

International Academic Visits

March 2026: England, Oxford, Centre for Muslim-Christian Studies (CMCS) – ERASMUS+ STT

January 2025: University of al-Qarawīyīn in Morocco – ERASMUS+ STT

September 2023: Uzbekistan – Study Trip funded by the Maturidi Doctoral Scholarship Program

March 2023: Strasbourg – 14th Research Workshop of the Maturidi Doctoral Scholarship Program

September 2022: Istanbul – 13th Research Workshop of the Maturidi Doctoral Scholarship Program

March 2022: Bursa - Research trip supported by the Maturidi Doctoral Scholarship Program

March 2022: Dahlem – 12th Research Workshop of the Maturidi Doctoral Scholarship Program

Courses taught

Summer semester 2025: Quranic Exegesis – Texts on Quranic Exegesis (S)

Winter semester 2024/25: The Colors and their Functions in the early Quran Manuscripts (S)

Summer semester 2024: The Development of Arabic Script using the Example of ancient Quranic Manuscripts (S)

Winter semester 2023/24: Illumination in Quranic Manuscripts (S)

Summer semester 2023: Quranic Christology: Selection of Quranic Themes (S)

Winter semester 2022/23: The Language of the Quran: Introduction to Quranic Semantics (S)

Summer semester 2022: Introduction to Classical Arabic Lexicography (S)

Winter semester 2021/22: The Orality of the Quran: Text Reading from the qirāʾāt-Literature (S)

Lectures

  • The Quran Fragment (Ma VI 155) and its Unique Features, Including a Facsimile Edition
    "Insights into the Tübingen Quran Manuscript Series". June 19, 2024, University Library Tübingen.
     
  • The Aesthetics in the Quran
    „Nachtcafé – Religion. Art. Interreligious“ (November 14, 2024, Stephanus Church Tübingen)

Courses and further training

08.07.2024 – 13.07.2024 : Successfully completed the 12th Taḥqīq course on the critical edition of Arabic manuscripts, ISAM, Istanbul