Widely regarded as a premier journal dedicated to the study of Syriac, Hugoye: Journal of Syriac Studies was established in 1998 as a venue devoted exclusively to the discipline. An organ of Beth Mardutho, the Syriac Institute, the journal appears semi-annually and will be printed in annual editions. A peer-reviewed journal, Hugoye is a respected academic source for up-to-date information about the state of Syriac studies and for discovering what is going on in the field. Contributors include some of the most respected names in the world of Syriac today.

Volume 12 includes the following articles: "Report on the State of Preservation of the Byzantine Mosaics of the Saint Gabriel Monastery of Qartmin, Tur Abdin (South-West Turkey)" by Patrik Blanc, Alain Desreumaux, Sébastien de Courtois; "A Guide to Narsai’s Homilies" by Sebastian P. Brock; "Research on the Old Syriac Heritage of the Peshitta Gospels: A Collation of MS Bibl. Nationale SYR. 30 (PARIS)" by Andreas Juckel; "Dendrites and Other Standers in the History of the Exploits of Bishop Paul of Qanetos and Priest John of Edessa" by Kyle Smith; "From Damascus to Edessa: Travelogue of a Visit to Syriac and Turkey" by Ute Possekel; "Recent Books on Syriac Topics, Part 12" by Sebastian P. Brock; "The Syriac Life of John of Tella and the Frontier Politeia" by Nathanael J. Andrade; "Monks, Manuscripts, and Muslims: Syriac Textual Changes in Reaction to the Rise of Islam" by Michael Philip Penn; "Luke 17:21: 'The Kingdom of God is inside You' The Ancient Syriac Versions in Support of the Correct Translation" by Ilaria Ramelli; "A Bibliography of Süryânî Periodicals in Ottoman Turkish" by Benjamin Trigona-Harany.

• Table of Contents (page 5)
• Hugoye 12:1 (page 7)
• In Memoriam Abrohom Nuro (1923…2009) (page 9)
• Report on the state of preservation of the Byzantine mosaics of the Saint Gabriel monastery of Qartamin, Tur Abdin (south-west Turkey) October 10th - 14th, 2006. By Patrick Blanc, Alain Desreumaux, Sébastien De Coutois (page 11)
• A guide to Narsais Homilies. By Sebastian P. Brock (page 27)
• Research on the old Syriac heritage of the Peshitta Gospels. By Andreas Juckel (page 47)
• Dendrites and other standers in the history of the expoits of Bishop Paul of Qanetos and Priest John of Edessa. By Kyle Smith (page 123)
• From Damascus to Edessa. By Ute Possekel (page 141)
• Recent books on Syriac topics. By Sebastian P. Brock (page 173)
• Book Reviews (page 179)
• Hugoye 12:2 (page 203)
• The Syriac life of John of Tella and the frontier politeia. By Nathanael J. Andrade (page 205)
• Monks, manuscripts, and Muslims: Syriac textual changes in the reaction to the rise of Islam. By Michael Philip Penn (page 241)
• Luke 17:21: "The Kingdom of God is inside you" The ancient Syriac versions in support of the correct translation. By Ilaria Ramelli (page 265)
• A bibliography of Süryânî periodicals in Ottoman Turkish. By Benjamin Trigona-Harany (page 293)
• Book Reviews (page 307)
• Conference Reports (page 312)