THE CAVE OF JOHN THE BAPTIST: THE FIRST ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE OF THE TRUTH OF THE GOSPEL STORY
Book ID/图书代码： 11320004B07665
English Summary/英文概要： The extraordinary account of the very first Christians as revealed by unique archaeological evidence Here is the first archaeological evidence of the truth of the gospel stories to emerge in modern times. Unique about this site, is that it contains archaeological evidence that comes to us from the very time of the personalities and events described in the Gospels. For here is the largest ritual bathing pool ever found in the Jerusalem area, found indeed in the village where John the Baptist was born, showing unmistakable signs of ritual use in the first century AD and containing the earliest ever Christian art, depicting John the Baptist as well as the three crosses of the crucifixion. By using the forensic techniques available to the modern archaeologist Gibson - a working field archaeologist of the highest credentials - and his international team of experts will be able to draw information from the drawings, pottery, coins, bones, remains of a ritual fire, pieces of cloth etc found in the cave and, by matching these up with the contemporary literary sources, allow them to shed light on each other. This is a unique opportunity to build up a picture of the very first Christians, how they lived and even what they believed. As Gibson writes: ’By fitting together all the new archaeological facts with the basic historical information that has been available (sometimes even buried) in scholarly literature for a long time - I believe I am able to throw an amazing amount of light on the personality and mission of John the Baptist - the man, the prophet. Who was he? Where did he come from? What were his beliefs and what was the baptism all about?’
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 这独一无二的考古证据完美地见证了第一批基督徒的故事。
这是当代历史上第一件证实福音故事真实性的具有考古意义的证据。 这一遗址的独特之处在于，它所提供给我们的考古证据的年代可以追溯到福音书里记载的人物事件所发生的年代。因为这个受洗池是迄今为止耶路撒冷地所发现的最大的一个，而且正好是在受洗约翰出生的村子里，它准确无误地表明了公元一世纪时曾有受洗仪式。这里还可以看到最早的基督教艺术，他们描绘了受洗约翰以及耶苏受难像上的三枚十字架。野外工作考古学家泰斗以及他带领的那支多国专家小组运用法医学技术手段，从岩洞中挖掘出的画、陶器、硬币、骸骨、火祭所留下的残骸以及布块等等中汲取了大量的信息，并把这些挖掘出来的遗物与当代的文学资料完整的衔接了起来，这样一来，那些遗物和当代的文学资料都彼此得到了佐证。这真是一次千载难逢的机会，它活生生地描绘出了第一批基督徒生活状态、方式甚至还包括他们的信仰。就像Gibson在书中写到的那样：“我把所有这些新发现的考古证据与那些早就存在于学究性文学中的（其中一部分甚至已被隐藏起来）基本历史资料整合了一起，这样一来，我们就可以从全新的角度审视受洗约翰这个人物----这个男人、预言家的个性以及他的使命 ----他是谁？他是何许人也？他的信仰是什么？受洗到底是怎么回事？”
Awards/获奖情况：Shimon Gibson博士是一位在以色列以及巴勒斯坦工作的野外考古学家。他现在正负责锡安山的考古挖掘工作。. Gibson是在伦敦大学学院的考古学学院里从事学术研究的，也是在那里他完成了博士学位。在二十多年的工作中，他在世界各地进行过多次考古挖掘、野外调研。
About the Author/作者介绍： Dr Shimon Gibson is a field archaeologist working in Israel and Palestine. He is currently in charge of excavations on Mount Zion. Gibson undertook his academic studies at the Institute of Archaeology, University College, London, where he also completed his Ph. D. During the past twenty years he has conducted numerous excavations and field surveys in different parts of the world.
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