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
The University of North Carolina at Charlotte (UNC Charlotte or simply Charlotte) is a public research university in Charlotte, North Carolina. UNC Charlotte offers 24 doctoral, 66 master's, and 79 bachelor's degree programs through nine colle ...
.
Life
Gibson was the lead archaeologist excavating a wilderness cave he associated with
John the Baptist
John the Baptist or , , or , ;Wetterau, Bruce. ''World history''. New York: Henry Holt and Company. 1994. syc, ܝܘܿܚܲܢܵܢ ܡܲܥܡܕ݂ܵܢܵܐ, Yoḥanān Maʿmḏānā; he, יוחנן המטביל, Yohanān HaMatbil; la, Ioannes Bapti ...
in 2000 and later wrote ''The Cave of John the Baptist''. Such claim has been criticized by other scholars and, according to
Hershel Shanks
Hershel Shanks (March 8, 1930 – February 5, 2021) was an American lawyer and amateur biblical archaeologist. He was the founder and long-time editor of the ''Biblical Archaeology Review''.
Life and career
Shanks was born in Sharon, Pennsylvani ...
, "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.
He is the editor of ''The Illustrated Dictionary & Concordance of the Bible'' and was co-editor with
of the ''Archaeological Encyclopedia of the Holy Land''. In his ''The Final Days of Jesus: The Archaeological Evidence'' (2009) he interpreted archaeological data sources to document the activities in the days leading to the
crucifixion of Jesus
The crucifixion and death of Jesus occurred in 1st-century Judea, most likely in AD 30 or AD 33. It is described in the four canonical gospels, referred to in the New Testament epistles, attested to by other ancient sources, and consid ...
.
Gibson has appeared in a number of biblical archaeology documentaries.
IMDB Shimon Gibson
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References
Archaeologists of the Near East
Biblical archaeologists
British expatriates in Israel
British expatriates in the United States
British non-fiction writers
University of North Carolina at Charlotte faculty
Living people
British male writers
Year of birth missing (living people)
Male non-fiction writers
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