Shimon Gibson
| Shimon Gibson | |
|---|---|
| Born | UK |
| Occupation | Archaeologist, senior fellow at the W. F. Albright Institute of Archaeological Research |
Shimon Gibson is a British-born archaeologist living in Israel.[1]
Gibson obtained a PhD on Landscape Archaeology in the southern Levant from the Institute of Archaeology, University College London.[1] He is currently a Senior Associate Fellow at the W.F. Albright Institute of Archaeological Research in Jerusalem, and an adjunct Professor of Archaeology at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.[2][1]
Gibson leads the team that found the 10-line ritual cup at Mount Zion.[3][4]
Gibson is the editor of The Illustrated Dictionary & Concordance of the Bible.[5]
Gibson wrote in The Final Days of Jesus: The Archaeological Evidence (HarperOne, 2009)[6] that Jesus was killed for acts of healing.[7]
Shimon Gibson was the lead archeologist excavating the wilderness cave of John the Baptist in 2000 and wrote 'The Cave of John the Baptist'. http://www.bib-arch.org/reviews/review-cave-of-john-the-baptist.asp
Gibson has appeared in a number of biblical archaeology documentaries.[8]
Gibson was a co-editor with Avraham Negev of the Archaeological Encyclopedia of the Holy Land.[9]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Shimon Gibson, Harper Collins author biography, accessed Dec 23, 2011
- ↑ Albright Institute, list of fellows, accessed Dec 23, 2011
- ↑ Bible-Era Mystery Vessel Found -- Code Stumps Experts
- ↑ Shimon Gibson - Director
- ↑ Archeologists: Shimon Gibson
- ↑ Shimon Gibson from HarperCollins Publishers
- ↑ Why Was Jesus Killed? Shimon Gibson’s Take
- ↑ IMDB Shimon Gibson
- ↑ Archaeological Encyclopedia of the Holy Land