Neil Asher Silberman

Neil Asher Silberman is an American archaeologist and historian with a special interest in biblical archaeology. He is the author of several books, including The Hidden Scrolls, The Message and the Kingdom: How Jesus and Paul Ignited a Revolution and Transformed the Ancient World, The Bible Unearthed : Archaeology's New Vision of Ancient Israel and the Origin of Its Sacred Texts, and Digging for God and Country. A graduate of Wesleyan University, he studied Near Eastern archaeology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Awarded a 1991 Guggenheim Fellowship, he is a contributing editor to Archaeology and a member of the editorial board of the International Journal of Cultural Property. He served as the president of the ICOMOS 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. ^{Neil Asher Silberman, American archaeologist and historian}

19 June 1950

Born on the same birth date (19 June 1950): Ann Wilson

Born on the same birth day (19 June): Alajos Szokolyi • Brian Vander Ark • Brian Welch • Cornelius Krieghoff • Doug Mientkiewicz • Friedrich Sertürner • George F. Roesch • Guru Hargobind • Jahine Arnold • Johnny Gray • Mark DeBarge • Mike O'Brien (British politician) • Pier Angeli • Rūdolfs Jurciņš • Václav Klaus

Born in the same month (June 1950): Fred Jackson (American football coach) • Frédéric François • Giorgos Kastrinakis • Jean Lambert • Juliana Azumah-Mensah • Kathy Baker • Lakshmi Mittal • Larry Probst • Perrin Beatty • Philip Fowke • Ronnie Dyson • Sonia Manzano • Suzi Quatro • Trevor Bolder • Trygve Thue