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 4 includes the following articles: “L’origine du nom Bar ‘Ebroyo Une vieille histoire d’homonymes” by Jean Fathi-Chelhod; “Simeon of Qal’a Rumaita, Patriarch Philoxenus Nemrod and Bar ‘Ebroyo” by Hidemi Takahashi; “’Bold and Having No Shame’: Ambiguous Widows, Controlling Clergy, and Early Syrian Communities” by Michael Penn; “Women in Aphrahat: Some Observations” by Adam Lehto; “Theodora the ‘Believing Queen’: A Study in Syriac Historiographical Tradition” by Susan A. Harvey; “Hindiyya Anne ‘jaymi and Her Spiritual Journey: The Essential Lightness of Being” by Avril M. Makhlouf; and numerous brief articles.