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.
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."The Cave of John the Baptist", Biblical Archaeology Society 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". He later led a team that found a 10-line ritual cup at Mount Zion.Bible-Era Mystery Vessel Found -- Code Stumps ExpertsShimon Gibson - Director
He is the editor of The Illustrated Dictionary & Concordance of the BibleArcheologists: Shimon Gibson and was co-editor with Avraham Negev of the Archaeological Encyclopedia of the Holy Land. (Snippet view). In his The Final Days of Jesus: The Archaeological Evidence (2009)Shimon Gibson from HarperCollins Publishers (HarperOne, 2009) he advanced the theory that Jesus was killed for acts of healing.Why Was Jesus Killed? Shimon Gibson’s Take
Gibson has appeared in a number of biblical archaeology documentaries.IMDB Shimon Gibson
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