Shimon Gibson
| Shimon Gibson | |
|---|---|
| Born | United Kingdom |
| Occupation | Archaeologist, senior fellow at the Albright Institute of Archaeological Research |
Shimon Gibson is a British-born archaeologist living in Israel.[1]
Life
Gibson obtained a PhD in landscape archaeology in the southern Levant from the Institute of Archaeology, University College London.[1] He is currently a Senior Associate Fellow at the Albright Institute of Archaeological Research in Jerusalem and an adjunct Professor of Archaeology at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.[1][2]
Shimon Gibson was the lead archeologist excavating the wilderness cave of John the Baptist in 2000 and later wrote The Cave of John the Baptist.[3] He leads the team that found a 10-line ritual cup at Mount Zion.[4][5]
He is the editor of The Illustrated Dictionary & Concordance of the Bible[6] and was co-editor, with Avraham Negev, of the Archaeological Encyclopedia of the Holy Land.[7] In his The Final Days of Jesus: The Archaeological Evidence (2009)[8] he advanced the theory that Jesus was killed for acts of healing.[9]
Gibson has appeared in a number of biblical archaeology documentaries.[10]
References
^ abc Shimon Gibson, Harper Collins author biography, accessed Dec 23, 2011
^ Albright Institute, list of fellows Archived 2011-12-22 at the Wayback Machine., accessed Dec 23, 2011
^ [1]
^ Bible-Era Mystery Vessel Found -- Code Stumps Experts
^ Shimon Gibson - Director
^ Archeologists: Shimon Gibson
^ Archaeological Encyclopedia of the Holy Land
^ 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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