The Recitation of Sacred Texts - Formative Exchange Processes between Syriac-Aramaic Singing Traditions and the Recitation of the Qur´an

近东的宗教生活仍然以邪教习俗为特征。在伊斯兰教的情况下，它被嵌入到一种礼仪性的肢体语言中，被认为是伊斯兰身份最独特的表达。它既可以在私下进行，也可以在公共场所进行。伊斯兰宗教的这种宗教崇拜和身份认同政治自我表达的高度意义最近才被认识到。然而，对古兰经的起源和历史发展却缺乏全面的研究。《古兰经》的朗诵实践清楚地指向了东方教会音乐塑造的环境。这种形式的发声练习本身并未被广泛探索，但达成一致的是，古兰经和东方教堂这两种形式的朗诵都建立在一套类似的与音乐、语法和修辞有关的规则上。出于这个原因，这两个传统需要同时研究。由于有利的条件，Freie University的两名高素质的研究人员正准备开展这一合作项目，这一拖延已久的项目最终得以实现。

Religious live in the Near East is still characterized by cultic practice. In the case of Islam it is embedded in a ceremonial body language considered to be the most distinctive expression of Islamic identity. It is performed privately as well as in public space. The high significance of this both cultic and identity political self-expression of the Islamic religion is being realized more recently. Yet, a comprehensive study of its origin and historical development is still missing.The Qur'an's recitation practice clearly points to an origin from a milieu which was shaped by Oriental Church Music. This form of vocal practice itself is widely unexplored, but what is agreed upon is that both forms of recitation with a cantilena, that of the Qur'an and that of the Oriental churches, are built on a similar set of rules related to music, grammar and rhetoric. For that reason both traditions need to be studied in tandem. Due to favorable circumstances two highly qualified researchers at Freie Universität being prepared to carry out this collaborative venture and the overdue project can finally be realized.