In "As New Condition." Spine is not creased. Photo section included. From the back cover, "In a cave on a hillside outside Jerusalem, archaeologist Shimon Gibson made an astounding discovery. As he would soon realize, the carvings on that cave's wall, which has remained unseen for centuries, would offer profound new insights into our understanding of John the Baptist, the early Christian Church, and Jesus himself."

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The first archaeological evidence of the historical reality of the Gospel story.From a historical point of view, the uniqueness of this cave 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, and found in the village where John the Baptist was born, showing unmistakable signs of ritual use in the first century AD. Also in the cave is 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 and his international team have been able to draw information from the drawings, pottery, coins, bones, remains of ritual fire and pieces of cloth found in the cave and match these up with the contemporary literary sources. 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 the new archaeological facts with the historical information available (and sometimes buried) in scholarly literature, I believe I am able to throw an amazing amount of light on the personality and mission of John the Baptist. Who was he? Where did he come from? What were his beliefs and what was the baptism all about?"From the Hardcover edition.

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Bookseller: Grampy's Bookcase (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: bc2103452
Title: The Cave of John the Baptist
Author: Shimon Gibson
Book Condition: Used - Fine
Quantity Available: 1
Binding: Paperback
ISBN 10: 0739457934
ISBN 13: 9780739457931
Publisher: Doubleday
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 2004
Pages: 382
Keywords: John the Baptist

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