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Neil Asher Silberman (born June 19, 1950 inBoston,Massachusetts) is an Americanarchaeologist and historian with a special interest inbiblical archaeology. He is the author of several books, includingThe Hidden Scrolls,The Message and the Kingdom: How Jesus and Paul Ignited a Revolution and Transformed the Ancient World (withRichard Horsley),The Bible Unearthed: Archaeology's New Vision of Ancient Israel and the Origin of Its Sacred Texts (withIsrael Finkelstein), andDigging for God and Country. A graduate ofWesleyan University, he studiedNear Eastern archaeology at theHebrew University of Jerusalem. Awarded a 1991Guggenheim Fellowship, he is a contributing editor toArchaeology[1] and a member of the editorial board of theInternational Journal of Cultural Property. He served as the president of theICOMOS International Scientific Committee on Interpretation and Presentation (ICIP) and was a member of the ICOMOS International Advisory Committee and Scientific Council from 2005–2015. In 2015 he was named a Fellow of US/ICOMOS.
WithIsrael Finkelstein, Silberman wroteThe Bible Unearthed: Archaeology's New Vision of Ancient Israel and the Origin of Its Sacred Texts (2001) andDavid and Solomon: In Search of the Bible's Sacred Kings and the Roots of the Western Tradition (2006). His other books on the themes of history, heritage, and contemporary society includeArchaeology and Society in the 21st Century (2001);Heavenly Powers (1998);The Message and the Kingdom (1997);The Archaeology of Israel (1995);Invisible America (1995);The Hidden Scrolls (1994);A Prophet from Amongst You: The Life of Yigael Yadin (1993);Between Past and Present (1989); andDigging for God and Country (1982).
Since 1998 Silberman has been involved in the field of public heritage interpretation and presentation, working on various projects in Europe and the Middle East. From 2004 to 2007 he served as director of theEname Center for Public Archaeology and Heritage Presentation inBelgium. In 2008 he was appointed to the faculty of the Department of Anthropology of the University of Massachusetts Amherst and became one of the founders of its Center for Heritage and Society. In 2012 he became a managing partner of Coherit Associates, an international heritage consultancy specializing in heritage policy and in public engagement programs.
Neil Asher Silberman is a contributing editor to ARCHAEOLOGY.
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