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 obtained a PhD in landscape archaeology in the southern Levant from the Institute of Archaeology at University College London.[1]

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] He led a team that found a 10-line ritual cup at Mount Zion.[3][4]

He is the editor of The Illustrated Dictionary & Concordance of the Bible[5] and was co-editor with Avraham Negev of the Archaeological Encyclopedia of the Holy Land.[6] 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.

Gibson has appeared in a number of biblical archaeology documentaries.[7]

References
  1. "Dr. Shimon Gibson | Department of History | UNC Charlotte". history.uncc.edu. University of North Carolina at Charlotte.
  2. "The Cave of John the Baptist", Biblical Archaeology Society
  3. Bible-Era Mystery Vessel Found -- Code Stumps Experts
  4. Shimon Gibson - Director
  5. Archeologists: Shimon Gibson
  6. Archaeological Encyclopedia of the Holy Land
  7. IMDB Shimon Gibson


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