Register for a CSMC workshop
The Intertwined World of the Oral and Written Transmission of Sacred Traditions in the Middle East
InterSaME Project Workshop
When: Thursday, 22 September, 2:00 pm – 6:00 pm; Friday, 23 September, 9:30 am – 7:00 pm; Saturday, 24 September, 9:30 am – 2:00 pm (CEST)
Where: Warburgstraße 26, 20354 Hamburg, Room 0001
The aim of the workshop is to gather together a small group of scholars in order for us to have the opportunity to discuss together the intertwined world of the oral and written transmission of sacred traditions in the Middle East, which is the topic of our DFG-AHRC research project. Geoffrey Khan, Johan Lundberg and Alba Fedeli are working on Hebrew, Syriac and Arabic manuscripts bringing together strands of research relating to various aspects of the transmission of sacred texts in order to reach a deeper understanding of the connections between the three major religions of the Middle East at their formative periods of development during the early Islamic centuries. The Arabic Qur’an, the Syriac Bible and the Hebrew Bible, the sacred texts of Islam, Eastern Christianity and Judaism respectively, were transmitted in oral and written form and we are exploring the possible contacts – or not – between the three textual traditions and the traces of links between the oral and the written spheres of transmission. Invited scholars will present their work on textual and oral traditions and discuss possible connections between these traditions.
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