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The Blood and the Shroud
New Evidence that the World's Most Sacred Relic is Real
By Ian Wilson
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333 Pages, Hardcover
Cover Size: 6.5 x 9.5 inches
Free Press/Simon & Schuster
Related listings: Bible Archaeology and Mysteries
and Christian Miracles, Calamities and Works of Satan
Date: 1998
ISBN: 0-684-85359-0
Country of Origin: USA
Added to Catalog: 4/28/98
WIRT: x5344xx4
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Features: Table of Contents, Index, Footnotes, Bibliography, Photo Insert, Maps, Drawings, Diagrams, Photo of Author
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A scholarly work supporting the
authenticity of the Shroud of Turin,
which is supposed to bear the likeness of Christ.
Appears to be a serious, substantial research effort with
lots of footnotes, timelines, references, charts.
Includes two photo inserts with dozens of black and white
photos.
If you are interested in the Shroud of Turin, this is
probably an important volume. It updates Wilson's
earlier book The Shroud of Turin.
-- Glenn Campbell
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The Shroud of Turin remains one of the enduring mysteries of our age. No convincing explanation has yet been given for the "negative" image of a crucified man transferred to a length of cloth and preserved in Turin for the last four centuries. Although radiocarbon dating of the fabric in 1988 indicated it to be medieval, synchronous with the Shroud's first recorded appearance in the 1350s, there is still no satisfactory explanation for the image itself. Was it painted? If so, by whom? How could the artist have understood perspective before this technique was "discovered" in the Renaissance? How could he have painted an image in negative with no means to see and check it?
With so many questions about the Shroud as inexplicably unresolved as ever; with the radiocarbon dating findings only deepening the riddle, not solving it; and with the Shroud about to be shown again, in 1998 and 2000, an overview and an up-to-date consideration of the evidence is overdue. Here, lan Wilson returns to the subject of his international bestseller, The Shroud of Turin, to reveal such startling findings as the discovery of human blood and DNA on the Shroud; the uncovering of historical evidence that something very like the Shroud existed at the time Jesus lived; the discovery of a "bioplastic coating" of living microorganisms which, if it had been carbondated m 1988, would have indicated that the Shroud was some one thousand years older than it was thought to be; and the new analysis of the photographic-negative-like image on the Shroud.
The Shroud of Turin remains one of the enduring mysteries of our age.
No convincing explanation has yet been given for the "negative" image
of a crucified man transferred to a length of cloth and preserved in
Turin for the last four centuries. Although radiocarbon dating of the
fabric in 1988 indicated it to be medieval, synchronous with the
Shroud's first recorded appearance in the 1350s, there is still no
satisfactory explanation for the image itself. Was it painted? If so,
by whom? How could the artist have understood perspective before this
technique was "discovered" in the Renaissance? How could he have
painted an image in negative with no means to see and check it?
With so many questions about the Shroud as inexplicably unresolved as
ever; with the radiocarbon dating findings only deepening the riddle,
not solving it; and with the Shroud about to be shown again, in 1998
and 2000, an overview and an up-to-date consideration of the evidence
is overdue. Here, lan Wilson returns to the subject of his
international bestseller, The Shroud of Turin, to reveal such
startling findings as the discovery of human blood and DNA on the
Shroud; the uncovering of historical evidence that something very like
the Shroud existed at the time Jesus lived; the discovery of a
"bioplastic coating" of living microorganisms which, if it had been
carbondated m 1988, would have indicated that the Shroud was some one
thousand years older than it was thought to be; and the new analysis
of the photographic-negative-like image on the Shroud.
Wilson's landmark book on this subject, The Shroud of Turin, was
published in 1978. In the intervening twenty years, in addition to the
radiocarbon dating, much additional research has been done on the
Shroud, and the dating process itself scrutinized. Ian Wilson's
pursuit of every discipline related to the Shroud, including art
history, physiology, chemistry, microbiology, photography, and
archaeology, has equipped him to give the most authoritative answer
yet to the question: Did the Shroud wrap the body of Christ? His
enthralling text, with its objective but persuasive answers, tells us
as much as it is currently possible to know. It also makes it possible
for us to believe.
IAN WILSON was educated at Magdalen College, Oxford. He is the author
of The Shroud of Turin and Jesus: The Evidence. He lives with his wife
in Brisbane, Australia.
ADVANCE PRAISE FOR
THE BLOOD AND THE SHROUD
"Through Wilson's genius, a mosaic-like structure of hundreds of pieces is assembled into a single, logically unfolding whole. Suddenly everything makes sense, one part of the puzzle explains the other and the Shroud emerges dressed in the reality of authenticity. This magnificently researched book is not only exciting and even entertaining reading, but much, much beyond that, it is one of the most monumental achievements of Shroud literature, not only joining the bits of Shroud research that exist today but also forging the path for the future. This book indeed is an unusually great achievement."
--ISABEL H. PICZEK, PICZEK CONSTRUCTION ART CENTER
PRAISE FOR THE SHROUD OF TURIN
"Wilson's outstanding study must surely be the most complete yet undertaken of the subject." —THE WASHINGTON POST
"Vigorously reconstructs a theory of the [Shroud's] missing years, based partially
on historical records and partially on the
criminologist's pollen tests. The theory is intriguing."
—HOUSTON CHRONICLE
"The most definitive recent study of the historical relic."
--THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS
"A marvelously detailed account that is scholarly and yet as exciting as any detective story . . ., fascinating, enriched by details from apostolic times, the Byzantine era, the age of chivalry and other periods which have left their mark on civilization.... Mn Wilson's book is one which all future writers will have to consult. That it also has tremendous appeal for the general reader is a tribute to his story-telling skill."
--THE SOUTHERN CROSS
"Wilson rivals any of the better mystery writers as he tracks the Shroud from city to city with a cast of characters including King Abgar V of Edessa, the Knights Templar, Byzantine kings, Moslem invaders and Edward the Black Prince."
--PROVIDENCE JOURNAL-BULLETIN
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