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The Oriental Library and the Catholic Press at Saint-Joseph University in Beirut (2015)

Herzstein, Rafael (Author)

Journal of Jesuit Studies
Volume: 2
Issue: 2
Pages: 248-264
Publication date: 2015
Language: English

URI: http://booksandjournals.brillonline.com/content/journals/10.1163/22141332-00202005

DOI: 10.1163/22141332-00202005

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Universities and colleges Libraries and archives Printing 20th century 19th century Middle and Near East Lebanon Syria Jesuits (Society of Jesus)

This article traces the origins of the Université Saint-Joseph in Beirut, the creation of the Oriental Library, and the beginnings of the Catholic press in Syria. The focus of this article is the importance of the Bibliothèque Orientale: its financing, its development, its publications, and its cultural significance throughout the entire Middle East. I examine the opening of the Oriental Faculty, its program of study, and its teaching staff, and describe the inauguration of the main journal of the faculty, Mélanges de la Faculté Orientale. The article concludes with a discussion of the creation of the Catholic press, along with its staff and various publications in Arabic and French, with attention to the influential periodicals al-Bashir and al-Mashriq.

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