Shimon Gibson
Shimon Gibson is a British-born archaeologist living in North Carolina, where he is a Professor of Practice in the Department of History at University of North Carolina at Charlotte.[1]
Life
Gibson was the lead archaeologist excavating a wilderness cave he associated with John the Baptist in 2000 and later wrote The Cave of John the Baptist.[2] Such claim has been criticized by other scholars and, according to Hershel Shanks, "few, if any, scholars in Israel think this cave has anything to do with John the Baptist".[3][4][5] He later led a team that found a 10-line ritual cup at Mount Zion.[6][7]
He is the editor of The Illustrated Dictionary & Concordance of the Bible[8] and was co-editor with Avraham Negev of the Archaeological Encyclopedia of the Holy Land.[9] In his The Final Days of Jesus: The Archaeological Evidence (2009)[10] he advanced the theory that Jesus was killed for acts of healing.[11]
Gibson has appeared in a number of biblical archaeology documentaries.[12]
References
- ^ "Dr. Shimon Gibson | Department of History | UNC Charlotte". history.uncc.edu. University of North Carolina at Charlotte.
- ^ "The Cave of John the Baptist", Biblical Archaeology Society
- ^ Shanks, Hershel (24 August 2015). "John the Baptist's Cave? The evidence is thin". The BAS Library. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
- ISBN 978-1-59084-983-5.
- ^ Zias, Joe. "John the Baptist or Lazarus, the patron saint of leprosy?". Revue Biblique.
- ^ Bible-Era Mystery Vessel Found -- Code Stumps Experts
- ^ Shimon Gibson - Director
- ^ Archeologists: Shimon Gibson
- ISBN 0-8264-1316-1. Retrieved 26 July 2021. (Snippet view).
- ^ Shimon Gibson from HarperCollins Publishers (HarperOne, 2009)
- ^ Why Was Jesus Killed? Shimon Gibson’s Take Archived 2011-07-13 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ IMDB Shimon Gibson
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