Charbel Nassif holds doctorates in Art History (Sorbonne University) and Theology (Catholic University of Paris). He is Research Director at CEDRAC, Saint Joseph University of Beirut. His research interests are focused on liturgical and iconographical heritage of the Melkite Church; the history of Arabic printing, correspondences between the Melkite Church and Rome and comparative history of Byzantine Churches in the modern period.
Book Chapter
NASSIF Charbel, « Le grand euchologe melkite de Jérusalem (1865) : circonstances d’impression et spécificités liturgiques », in « In partibus fidelium » : missions du levant et connaissance de l’orient chrétien (XIXe-XXIe siècles), Rome, École française de Rome., 2022.
Article
NASSIF Charbel, « Autour de l’euchologe melkite de Malatios Karmé (†1635) », in Proche-Orient chrétien, 2018.
This article presents the history of the first Melkite Arabic euchologion, its content and the circumstances of its impression by the Roman authoritie…
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NASSIF Charbel, « Les gravures des livres imprimés au XVIIIe siècle au Monastère Saint-Jean-Baptiste à Khenchara – Mont Liban », in Collectanea Christiana Orientalia, 2024.
This article aims to present the books of the printing press founded by the Aleppian ʿAbd Allāh Zāḫir (1684-1748) at the Saint John the Baptist Monast…
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NASSIF Charbel, « Exploring Arabic Printing in 18th century Lebanon and Syria: Perspectives from Western Sources and Travellers », in Histoire et civilisation du livre, 2025.
The 18th century witnessed a significant transformation in the intellectual and cultural landscape of the Levant as printing made its beginning in the…
