Biography of Dr. Jamil Iskandar, known in the monastic order as Father Hanna Iskandar

Professor of History and Ancient Languages ​​at the Lebanese University, and a member of the Research Council of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities.

First: University Degrees

Bachelor of Theology

Doctor of History

– Master’s Thesis entitled: Monastery of the Savior in Hinin, History and Index of Documents and Manuscripts, Faculty of Arts, Department of History, Holy Spirit University, Kaslik, Lebanon, 1993.

– Doctoral Thesis entitled: Makarios-Siman the Forged, Verification of the Two Arabic Translations and Study of the Text, Faculty of Arts and Humanities (History), The Threat of Eastern Literature, Saint Joseph University – Beirut, 2015.

Second: Publications

Father Hanna Iskandar, Saint Charbel as Testified by His Contemporaries, Lebanon, 2006, 2007, 2008.

Father Hanna Iskandar, Saint Charbel from His Contemporaries to Our Times, Lebanon, 2009.

Father Hanna Iskandar, Saint Nehmatallah Kassab Al-Hardini as Testified by His Contemporaries, Lebanon, 2008.

Father Hanna Iskandar, The Story of Saint Paul, Lebanon, 2008.
Father Hanna Iskandar, Mar Maroun, Lebanon, 2008.
Father Hanna Iskandar, Blessed Brother Estephan, Lebanon, 2010.
Father Hanna Iskandar, Man of God, the Recluse Father Elisha Al-Hardini, in “Al-Mashriq”, Lebanon, 2018.
Father Hanna Iskandar, Man of God Father Daniel Al-Hadathi, Lebanon, 2011.
Father Hanna Iskandar, Internet and Historical Research, Lebanese University Conference, Third Branch, Tripoli, November 2018.
Father Hanna Iskandar, Development of Curricula and Historical Research, Conference of the Union of Historians and Papermakers and Hariri University, Beirut, April 2019.

Third: Verification of Documents and Manuscripts

Father Hanna Iskandar, Our Lady of Mshmoushe Monastery, Indexing Documents, Manuscripts and Pictures, Lebanon, 2006.
Father Hanna Iskandar, Mar Shalita Monastery – Al-Qattara, Indexing Documents Manuscripts and images, Lebanon, 2006.
Father Hanna Iskandar, Saint Anthony Monastery – Qozhaya, indexing documents and manuscripts, Lebanon, 2006.
Father Hanna Iskandar, Saint George Monastery – Deir Jenin, indexing documents and manuscripts, Akkar, Lebanon, 2006.
Father Hanna Iskandar, Our Lady of the Citadel School, indexing documents and manuscripts, completed, Akkar, Lebanon, 2006.
Father Hanna Iskandar, Saint Elias School – Oudine, indexing documents, Lebanon, 2006.

About 50,000 documents and 120 manuscripts.

Father Hanna Iskandar, Archives of the Monastery of Saint Anthony, Nabatieh, Indexing of Documents and Manuscripts, Lebanon, 1996
Father Hanna Iskandar, Monastery of Saint Jacob Al-Hosn-Bishtodar, Indexing of Documents, Manuscripts and Photos, Lebanon, 1993
Father Hanna Iskandar, Monastery of Our Lady of Help – Byblos, or Archives of the General Presidency, Indexing of Documents and Photos, Lebanon, 2006
Father Hanna Iskandar, Monastery of Our Lady of Maifouk, Indexing of Documents, Manuscripts and Photos, Lebanon, 1997
Father Hanna Iskandar, Monastery of Saint Peter and Paul – Qattin, Indexing of Documents and Manuscripts, Lebanon, 1994
Father Hanna Iskandar, Monastery of Saint Cyprian and Justina – Kfifan, Old Calendar and Register of Deceased Monks from 1919, Lebanon,
Father Hanna Iskandar, Monastery of Saint Maron – Annaya, Indexing of Documents, Manuscripts and Photos, Lebanon, 2006
Physicians’ Reports George Shukrallah, 3 p., 1926; Jeffro Druman, 7 p., 1927; Joseph Hatti, Shukri Bitjan, Theophile Maroun and Simon Gregorian, 1950, 10 pages, manuscript in the Kaslik Library, prepared by Father Hanna Iskandar, Saydet el-Qalaa-Minjez-Akkar, Lebanon, 2006, Charbeliyat 4.
The case for the beatification and declaration of sainthood of Abdullah Father Charbel Makhlouf, Bkerke, 1955, contains 16 interrogations with witnesses who knew Charbel directly, 3+316 pages, manuscript in Bkerke, prepared by Father Hanna Iskandar, Saydet el-Qalaa-Minjez-Akkar, Lebanon, 2006, Charbeliyat 6.
The petition of Abbot Ignatius Dagher Tannoury to the Maronite Patriarch Elias Hoyek, 1922, 12 pages, manuscript in the Kaslik Library, prepared by Father Hanna Iskandar, Saydet el-Qalaa-Minjez-Akkar, Lebanon, 2004, Charbeliyat 3.
The minutes of the examination of the fame of the holiness of Abdullah Father Charbel in Bkaa Kafra and his virtues and miracles in general, 1926, and an exceptional minutes, on 6/20/1927, and on 1/4/1928, containing 34 interrogations with witnesses who knew Charbel directly, 148 pages, manuscript in the Kaslik Library, edited by Father Hanna Iskandar, Saydet el Qalaa – Manjez – Akkar, Lebanon, 2004, Charbeliat 1.
The minutes of the picture of Father Charbel that appeared in the lens of the photographer Brother Elias Nohra, the Lebanese missionary, in front of the hermitage of Saint Peter and Paul in Annaya on May 8, 1950, manuscript in the Kaslik Library, 10 pages, edited by Father Hanna Iskandar, Saydet el Qalaa – Manjez – Akkar, Lebanon, 2005, Charbeliat 5.
The minutes of Abdullah Father Nehme Allah El Hardini, 1926, containing Interrogations with a number of witnesses, 115 pages, manuscript in the Kaslik Library, investigation by Father Hanna Iskandar, Saydet el-Qalaa-Minjez-Akkar, Lebanon, 2005.
Report of non-performance of worship by Abdullah Father Charbel Bakakafra, 1926, contains 13 interrogations with witnesses who knew Charbel directly or received Charbel’s body in the first years of his death, 39 pages, manuscript in the Kaslik Library, investigation by Father Hanna Iskandar, Saydet el-Qalaa-Minjez-Akkar, Lebanon, 2006, Charbeliyat 2.
File of the Miracles of Beatification, Sister Marie Abelle Qamari, Iskandar Obeid, Aql Wakim and Boulos Akiki, investigation by Father Hanna Iskandar, Saydet el-Qalaa-Minjez-Akkar, Lebanon, 2004.
Father Hanna Iskandar, The Memories of Saint Macarius, investigation of the Arabic text in comparison with the Greek original, in cooperation with Father Vincent Debray, ready for publication.
Father Hanna Iskandar, Articles, Sayings and Questions of Saint Simeon the Stylite the Recluse, Verification of the Arabic Text Compared to the Greek Original in Collaboration with Father Vincent Debray, ready for publication.
Father Hanna Iskandar, Articles, Sayings and Questions of Saint Simeon the Stylite the Recluse, Verification of the Arabic Text Compared to the Syriac Text for Texts That Have Lost Their Greek Original, ready for publication.
Father Hanna Iskandar, Articles, Sayings and Questions of Saint Simeon the Stylite the Recluse, Verification of the Arabic Text Through His Arabic and Karshuni Manuscripts, for Texts That Have Lost Their Greek Original, and That Have No Syriac Texts, ready for publication.
Father Hanna Iskandar, Macarius-The Pseudonymous Simeon, His Life and Works, Dar Al-Mashreq, Beirut, ready for publication.
Father Hanna Iskandar, The Gospel of Jesus Christ, Verification of the Text Compared to the Syriac Original (Basic ܦܫܝܛܬܐ), ready for publication.

Fourth: Islamic Studies

Father Hanna Iskandar, The Prophet and Monasticism, Dar Bissan, Beirut, 2015.
Father Hanna Iskandar, Baptism through the Texts of the Holy Quran, published on the Internet.
Father Hanna Iskandar, The Holy Eucharist and Priesthood through the Texts of the Holy Quran, published on the Internet.
Father Hanna Iskandar, The Death and Resurrection of Christ through the Texts of the Holy Quran, published on the Internet.
Father Hanna Iskandar, The Houris of Paradise through the Holy Quran, a lecture at the Sarafand Conference, 1/6/2014.
Father Hanna Iskandar, Jihad between Islam and Christianity, a lecture at the Sarafand Conference, 1/6/2015.
Father Hanna Iskandar, Translating the Bible into Arabic… from the Pre-Islamic Era, in “Cultural Lighthouses”, Lebanon, 2017.
Father Hanna Iskandar, Moses, the Rod and the Serpent between the Book of Exodus, Macarius-the Pseudo-Simon and the Qur’an, in “Biblia”, Lebanon, 2017.
Father Hanna Iskandar, The Book in Arabic… from the Pre-Islamic Era, in “Al-Mashriq”, Lebanon, 2018.
Father Hanna Iskandar, The Gospel of the Lakhmids, the Sixth Century, Erbil Conference, Iraq, March, 2019.
Father Hanna Iskandar, Mary in the Qur’an, between Texts and Imagery, ready for publication.

Fifth: Studies in the Arabic Language

Father Hanna Iskandar, Readings in the Holy Qur’an in Light of Readings in Macarius-the Pseudo-Simon, Beirut, 2015.
Father Hanna Iskandar, The Karshuni Origins of the Arabic Letter, Beirut, 2016.
A. Dr., Muhammad Jawad Saeed Al-Turahi, Dean of the College of Islamic Sciences, University of Baghdad, Father Dr. Jamil Iskandar, Professor at the Lebanese University, Arabic writing, a comparative study between Christian manuscripts and the Holy Quran, Gilgamesh House and Library, Baghdad, Bab Al-Muadham, 2019.
Father Dr. Jamil Iskandar, The Arabic alphabet, its origin, development and impact on reading and grammar, a lecture at the Higher Institute for Doctorate, 2019.

Sixth: Radio, television and Internet programs

I have many television, radio and Internet programs on many occasions and various topics, as well as giving lectures via the Internet at various universities

Seventh: Foreign publications

1-Père Jean Skandar, Saint Charbel, pèlerin de l’absolu, Pierre Téqui, Paris, 2011.

2-Father Hanna Skandar, Saint Sharbel, from his contemporaries to our era, H.N.C., Lebanon, 2012.

3-Hanna Skandar, Les paroles de saint Charbel, Artège, Paris, 2014.

4-P. Jean Skandar, Heiliger Charbel, pilger des absoluten, Parvis-Verlag, Hauteville/ Schweiz, 2014.

5 – En outre, autre traductions du nos livres sur saint Charbel ont été apparues : trois polonaises, deux italiennes, deux espagnoles, une russe, deux ukrainiennes, une tchèque, une lituanienne, une hongroise…

6- Père Hanna Skandar, Le Pseudo-Macaire arabe : une source du Coran et une mine pour son exégèse, Makarios-Symposium, Bergvik, Finland, 21-24/8/2014, à paraître.

7- Père Hanna Skandar, père Vincent Desprez, Lexique grec-arabe du pseudo-Macaire, outil pour l’exégèse du Noble Coran, à paraître.

8- Père Hanna Skandar, les prières syriaques et le Coran, Rome, 2016.

9- Père Hanna Skandar, Déchiffrage de l’énigme des sept lectures coraniques, Rome, 2016.

10- Père Hanna Skandar, les Houris ou la sexualité paradisiaque, Kaslik, 2015.

11- Père Hanna Skandar, Musulmans… ce sont des chrétiens !?, Artège, Paris. 2020?

12- Père Hanna Skandar, Le Coran et les Ecrits Monastiques arabes, Inarah, Allemagne, 2020?

13- Père Hanna Skandar, Père Vincent Desprez, Les Pièces originelles du pseudo-Macaire Arabe, Sources chrétiennes, à paraître.

14- Père Hanna Skandar, L’Evangile de ʿIssa le Christ, VI^e s., colloque en Mayence, Allemagne, Mai, 2019.