Gherardo Gnoli
Gherardo Gnoli (6 December 1937 in Rome – 7 March 2012 in Cagli) was a historian of Italian religions and Iran expert.[1][2]
Biography
Gherardo Gnoli has been since 1996 the president of the Italian Institute for
He was a professor of Iranian
His brother, Raniero Gnoli was Sanskrit and a dentist. Gherardo Gnoli was an international enthusiast to understand Iran. He was also a partner Lincei Academy in France, Russia and Hungary and an honorary member of Paris's Asian Society, Ancient India and Iran Trust of Cambridge and Institute de France.
His name is recorded as number 318 on the list of members of the Masonic lodge P2. He always acted as though he was ignorant about the issues. He was among those without an identification card, an address or any other element which would identify him. As is clear from his parliamentary actions, beginning in September 1981, his positions, even relating to administrative issues, were ultimately archived.
Selected works
- The Judeo-Persian inscriptions of the Ġūr (Afghanistan), Eastern Series Rome (SOR) 30, Rome, Italian Institute for the Middle and the Far East (IsMEO), 1964.[3]
- Historical Research on Ancient Sīstān, Reports and Memoirs n. 10, Rome, IsMEO, 1967.[3]
- Zoroaster's time and homeland. A study on the origins of
- Iran als religiöser Begriff im Mazdaismus, Rheinisch-Westfälische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vorträge G 320, Opladen, Westdeutscher Verlag, 1993.[3]
- Inventory of the South Arabian inscriptions, t. 2, Shaqab al-Manaṣṣa, Paris, Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres; Rome, IsMEO, 1993.[3]
- Zoroaster in History, Biennial Yarshater Lecture Series no. 2, University of California, Los Angeles (April 21–25, 1997), New York, Bibliotheca Persica Press, 2000.[3]
Editor and scientific director
- Death, the dead in ancient societies, Parigi, Editions of the House of Sciences of Man, 1982, 505 pp. (J. -P. Vermont).
- Mircea Eliade and the Asian religion: atti del convegno sul tema (Rome, 22–23 April 1988), Sor 64, Rome, Ismeo, 1989, 172 pp.
- Manicheismo, 3 voll., Fondazione Lorenzo Valla, Mondadori, 2003–2008.
- flight. 1: Man and Manicheism, 2003.
- flight. 2: : It myth the doctrine. I tested Coptic Manichaeans and anti-Christiancontroversy, 2006
- flight. 2: : It myth the doctrine. I tested Coptic Manichaeans and
- flight. He puts the doctrine. Testi manichei dell'Asia Centrale and della Cina, 2008.
References
- ^ Carlo Cereti, “GNOLI, GHERARDO,” Encyclopædia Iranica, online edition, 2015, available at http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/gnoli-gherardo (accessed on 16 November 2015).
- ^ a b "Professor Gherardo Gnoli (1937–2012)". Ancient India & Iran Trust. 2012-03-13. Retrieved 2019-07-19.
- ^ a b c d e f Gnoli-Memorial