New resource for Coptic studies

The website Coptica gives access to over 100 digitized texts of European studies on Coptic language and literature dating from the 19th century onward. Some of the texts are hosted by different collections such as the Internet Archive.
There are over 30 texts on ancient and Oriental Christianity, including Manichaeism
The website has been created by Pierre Cherix of the University of Geneva

Piecing together the Cairo Genizah: new technology aims to reunite fragments

The American Friends of Tel Aviv University report on a project currently underway at Tel Aviv University to piece together digitally the fragments from the Cairo Genizah that are currently scattered among 70 institutions worldwide, including Cambridge, Jerusalem and New York
Visit their website to find out more about this project, that involves using technology based on facial recognition software to identity digitized fragments belonging to the same text 

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