Volume 4 Number 1 (January 2001)

In Memoriam

Fr. Yousef Habbi (1938-2000)
George A. Kiraz, Beth Mardutho

Prof. Julius Assfalg (1919-2001)
Hubert Kaufhold, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet

Papers

L'Origine du nom Bar 'Ebroyo: Une vieille histoire d'homonymes
Jean Fathi-Chelhod

Simeon of Qal'a Rumaita, Patriarch Philoxenus Nemrod and Bar 'Ebroyo
Hidemi Takahashi, J.W. Goethe-Universität Frankfurt

Brief Articles

Syriac Papyrus Fragments Recently Discovered in Deir Al-Surian (Egypt)
Fr. Bigoul El-Souriany, Deir Al-Surian, & Lucas Van Rompay, Duke University

Recent Archaeological Excavations in Takrit and the Discovery of Syriac Inscriptions
Amir Harrak, University of Toronto

A New Syriac Inscription in Deir Al-Surian (Egypt)
Lucas Van Rompay, Duke University, & Andrea B. Schmidt, Universite Catholique de Louvain

Bibliographies

Recent Books on Syraic Topics (1997-2000)
Sebastian Brock, University of Oxford

Book Reviews

Hans Hollerweger, TURABDIN
Edip Aydin, Syraic Orthodox Archdiocese for the Eastern USA

Terry C. Falla, A Key to the Peshitta Gospels, vol. 1, Alaph-Dalath
Andreas Juckel, University of Münster

Reports

Notes on "The Age of Theodora," Connecticut College, October 7, 2000
Joseph D. Alchermes, Connecticut College

Volume 4 Number 2 (July 2001)

Special Issue: Women in the Syriac Tradition
Guest Editor: Susan A. Harvey

Introduction to the Special Issue
Susan A. Harvey, Brown University

Papers

"Bold and Having No Shame": Ambiguous Widows, Controlling Clergy, and Early Syrian Communities
Michael Penn, Haverford College

Women in Aphrahat: Some Observations
Adam Lehto, Kitchener, Ontario

Theodora the "Believing Queen": A Study in Syriac Historiographical Tradition
Susan A. Harvey, Brown University

Hindiyya Anne 'Ajaymi and Her Spiritual Journey: The Essential Lightness of Being
Avril M. Makhlouf, The Catholic University of America

Brief Articles

Deir al-Surian (Egypt): Conservation of Work of Autumn 2000
Karel C. Innemée, University of Leiden

eBethArké: The Syriac Digital Library First Report
George A. Kiraz, Beth Mardutho: The Syriac Institute

Book Reviews

Elizabeth Key Fowden, The Barbarian Plain: Saint Sergius between Rome and Iran
Kathleen E. McVey, Princeton Theological Seminary

F.R. Trombley & J.W. Watt, trans., The Chronicle of Pseudo-Joshua the Stylite
Jan J. van Ginkel, University of Utrecht

Theodore Nöldeke, Compendious Syriac Grammar
Lucas Van Rompay, Duke University

Reports

"Writing Syriac: From Stone to Bytes." The Syriac Panel at the American Oriental Society, March 31, 2001
Marica Cassis and Debra Foran

Syriac Papers at The North American Patristic Society Annual Meeting, May 24-26, 2001
Kristian S. Heal, Brigham Young University