Founded by George Kiraz, the institute is based in Piscataway, New Jersey, U.S.
In 2009, it was renamed as Beth Mardutho[1] when Kiraz expanded the institute's activities beyond computational linguistics to include different aspects of Syriac studies.
[2] Since 2014, the institute has been offering Syriac language summer courses.
[3] Beth Mardutho's projects include: Beth Mardutho has collaborated with Princeton Theological Seminary (PTS) since 2011 to archive texts related to Syriac Christianity.
[8] eBethArké, hosted by Rutgers University,[9] is a Syriac digital library started by Beth Mardutho in 2000.