Giovanni Garbini | |
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| Born | 8 October 1931 |
| Died | 2 January 2017 (aged 85) |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Occupation | Antiquity historian |
| Known for | Semitic studies |
Giovanni Garbini (8 October 1931 – 2 January 2017[1]) was an Italian Orientalist and Semitist. His biblical studies revealed historical omissions and helped scholars to interpret the biblical narrative in the larger context of the history of the ancient Near East. He worked as a university lecturer in the Istituto Universitario Orientale in Naples, at the Scuola Normale in Pisa and finally in Sapienza in Rome until his retirement. He was a member of the Lincean Academy since 1990, and a member of the Leone Caetani foundation for Islamic studies.