CPART

The desirability of an electronic corpus of Syriac texts has long been recognized (most recently in Lucas Van Rompay's January 2007 Hugoye article). Several localized and limited steps have been made in this direction, most significantly with the Peshitta, and as part of the Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon project. However, no coordinated and large scale effort has yet been attempted. Since 2001 BYU has been working towards creating a comprehensive electronic corpus of Syriac texts. In 2004 we were joined in this effort by Dr. David G.K. Taylor (University of Oxford). Working from both printed editions and manuscripts this project aims to systematically acquire accurate electronic copies of all of Syriac literature.