Shimon Gibson
{{Short description|British archeologist}}
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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.{{cite web |title=Dr. Shimon Gibson {{!}} Department of History {{!}} UNC Charlotte |url=https://history.uncc.edu/people/dr-shimon-gibson |website=history.uncc.edu |publisher=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."[https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/reviews/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".{{Cite web|last=Shanks|first=Hershel|date=2015-08-24|title=John the Baptist's Cave? The evidence is thin|url=https://www.baslibrary.org/biblical-archaeology-review/30/6/4|access-date=2021-06-01|website=The BAS Library|language=en}}{{Cite book|last=McIntosh|first=Kenneth|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yKZZAAAAYAAJ|title=The Controversial World of Biblical Archaeology: Tomb Raiders, Fakes, and Scholars|date=September 2005|publisher=Mason Crest Publishers|isbn=978-1-59084-983-5|language=en}}{{Cite journal|last=Zias|first=Joe|title=John the Baptist or Lazarus, the patron saint of leprosy?|url=https://www.academia.edu/39149887|journal=Revue Biblique|date=January 2019 |language=en}} He later led a team that found a 10-line ritual cup at Mount Zion.[https://web.archive.org/web/20090912193732/http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/09/090909-code-biblical-cup.html Bible-Era Mystery Vessel Found -- Code Stumps Experts][http://www.digmountzion.com/information/the-staff/shimon-gibson-director.html Shimon Gibson - Director]
He is the editor of The Illustrated Dictionary & Concordance of the Bible[http://www.jesusfamilytomb.com/experts/archeologists/shimon_gibson.html Archeologists: Shimon Gibson] and was co-editor with Avraham Negev of the Archaeological Encyclopedia of the Holy Land.{{cite book |editor-last= Negev |editor-first= Avraham |editor-link= Avraham Negev |editor2= Gibson, Shimon |title= Archaeological Encyclopedia of the Holy Land |year= 2001 |location= New York and London |publisher= Continuum |isbn=0-8264-1316-1 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=l3JtAAAAMAAJ |access-date=26 July 2021}} (Snippet view). In his The Final Days of Jesus: The Archaeological Evidence (2009)[http://www.harpercollins.com/authors/33428/Shimon_Gibson/index.aspx Shimon Gibson from HarperCollins Publishers] (HarperOne, 2009) he advanced the theory that Jesus was killed for acts of healing.[http://jamestabor.com/2009/05/06/why-was-jesus-killed-shimon-gibsons-take/ Why Was Jesus Killed? Shimon Gibson’s Take] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713080722/http://jamestabor.com/2009/05/06/why-was-jesus-killed-shimon-gibsons-take/ |date=2011-07-13 }}
Gibson has appeared in a number of biblical archaeology documentaries.[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1890983/ IMDB Shimon Gibson]
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