Since 1996 the Center for the Preservation of Ancient Religious Texts has sponsored research and conversations relating to ancient Christian, Jewish and Islamic texts. For brief descriptions of completed projects go HERE. To follow the work of the Center see our FACEBOOK page. The Center is directed by Dr. Kristian S. Heal.

Resources & Publications

Middle Eastern Texts Initiative

Renewing and enlarging cultural memory by publishing texts from the late antique and medieval Middle Eastern and Mediterranean worlds.

Collected Works of Narsai

Edited by Aaron Butts, Kristian Heal and Robert Kitchen. To be published by Brigham Young University Press as part of the Middle Eastern Texts Initiative.

Dead Sea Scrolls

An electronic library of texts, translations, images and additional resources to facilitate research on the Dead Sea Scrolls.

Digitized Manuscripts

Digitized microfilms from the BYU Christian Oriental Microfilm collection, along with other manuscripts imaged by, or in collaboration with CPART.

Syriac Electronic Corpus

An electronic corpus of Syriac texts to enhance the study of Syriac literature and create tools for Syriac studies research.

Syriac Reference Library