La bibliothèque orientale de Beyrouth, du fonds jésuite au patrimoine du Moyen-Orient
Résumé
The fathers of the Jesuits’ mission in Syria founded the Oriental Library of Beirut in the late nineteenth century. It was then a private Library (distinct from the one for the students of the Saint-Joseph University), whom access was restricted to Jesuit scholars. They used its books to write orientalist works and defend the Catholic point of view in the debates of the Nahda. From 1930 onward, the Library gradually opened its doors to a larger public, i.e. to (non-Jesuit) scholars or students whose numbers were increasing in Lebanon and throughout the Middle East. During the Lebanese war, the Oriental Library apparently fell into lethargy. It was not until the 2000’s that it enjoyed a kind of renaissance.
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