Shimon Gibson is an archaeologist and a Professor of practice in the History department at University on North Carolina, Charlotte.
Shimon Gibson is a British-born archaeologist living in North Carolina, where he is a Professor of Practice in the Department of History atUniversity of North Carolina at Charlotte.[1]
Gibson was the lead archaeologist excavating a wilderness cave he associated withJohn the Baptist in 2000 and later wroteThe Cave of John the Baptist.[2] Such claim has been criticized by other scholars and, according toHershel Shanks, "few, if any, scholars in Israel think this cave has anything to do with John the Baptist".[3][4][5] He later led a team that found a 10-line ritual cup atMount Zion.[6][7]
He is the editor ofThe Illustrated Dictionary & Concordance of the Bible[8] and was co-editor withAvraham Negev of theArchaeological Encyclopedia of the Holy Land.[9] In hisThe Final Days of Jesus: The Archaeological Evidence (2009)[10] he advanced the theory thatJesus was killed for acts of healing.[11]
Gibson has appeared in a number of biblical archaeology documentaries.[12]
