Hugoye (Journal of Syriac Studies) has moved!

Hugoye, the digital journal of Syriac Studies has moved to a new site hosted by the Syriac Institute at http://www.bethmardutho.org/

Click on the "Hugoye" tab at the top of the page to access the journal. Click Current Issue for the very latest articles and Index for all other content from 1998 onwards.
The Beth Mardutho site will also be developed to include more digital resources for the study of Syriac and ancient Christianity

New open access journal

Relegere: studies in religion and reception is a new open-access, peer-reviewed journal from the University of Otago (New Zealand)
The journal publishes studies of the transmission, reception and effect of religious ideas, narratives and images within any medium, including oral tradition, film, television, literature and drama.
Vol.1, no.1 (2011) is now available (click "current" on the webpage)
Contents of the first issue include

• Rethinking premodern Japanese Buddhist texts: a case study of Prince Shotoku's "Sangyo-gisho" (Mark Dennis)
• Life of Brian or Life of Jesus? Uses of critical Biblical scholarship and non-orthodox views of Jesus in "Monty Python's Life of Brian" (James Crossley)

New open access journal

Hallesche Beitrage zur Orientwissenschaft

This academic journal published by the Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg (frequently in monograph format) covers a wide range of topics and countries (ancient history, archives, religions, Middle Eastern studies etc.) There is a great deal of content that might be of interest to students of the study of religions


It is currently available as a digitized open-access texts from Vol.1 (1979) to Vol.44 (2007).
The current link address is via the AWOL (Ancient World Online blog)

Coptic Church Review: open access journal

The Coptic Church Review is available as an open-access journal from 1994-2004. The journal is a Coptic Orthodox publication, published in the USA by the Society of Coptic Church Studies.
Link via the AWOL blog (Ancient World Online) or directly from the Coptic Church Review site