Beth Mardutho: The Syriac Institute

Promoting the study and preservation of the Syriac heritage and language

Beth Mardutho: The Syriac Institute seeks to promote the study and preservation of the Syriac heritage and language, and to facilitate opportunities for people to pursue the study of this ancient legacy globally. Serving the academic community and the heirs of the Syriac heritage alike, transcending denominational diversity, we carry out innovative educational projects that globalize Syriac studies — making it available through the internet in every university, classroom, library, and home.

Since 1992 the institute has built some of the field's foundational resources: the Hugoye Journal of Syriac Studies, the Simtho thesaurus of Syriac literary texts, the SEDRA online dictionaries, the Meltho Unicode fonts, Qoruyo OCR and handwritten text recognition, and the Beth Mardutho Research Library in Piscataway, NJ — one of the largest research libraries on Syriac studies in the world. Learn more about our mission and history.

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Summer intensives and online introductory courses for students at every level.
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