Image of the Risen Christ

by Stevenson, Kenneth E.

• ISBN13: 9780921714583
• ISBN10: 0921714580
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2000-02-01
• Publisher: Frontier Research Publications

Summary

Millions of Christians became intensely interested in the Shroud of Turin when photographs of the negative image were published throughout the world. These photos revealed a crucified body in extraordinary detail. The man of the Shroud it seemed, suffered and died very much the way the Gospels say Jesus of Nazareth suffered and died. Book jacket.

Author Biography

Pastor/teacher Dr. Kenneth E.Stevenson served as official spokesman for the Shroud of Turin Scientific Research Team.

Table of Contents

Dedication	p. 7
Acknowledgments	p. 9
Foreword	p. 11
Introduction	p. 15
The Importance of the Shroud
What is the Shroud and Why Should We Study It?	p. 21
History of the Shroud	p. 29
Hints from Art History	p. 31
The Mandylion	p. 33
The Shroud and the Mandylion	p. 36
Scientific Studies	p. 43
The Later History of the Shroud	p. 45
The D'Arcis Memorandum	p. 46
The House of Savoy: New Shroud Owners	p. 48
Conclusion	p. 51
Fraud and the Shroud	p. 55
The Scientific Evidence	p. 56
Modern Attempts at Forgery	p. 59
Looking Back
Back to the 80s	p. 67
The State of the Question in the Late 1980s	p. 69
What Was Science Saying?	p. 70
Sturp and the Shroud	p. 71
Major Theories of the 80s	p. 72
Science and the Shroud	p. 80
Conclusion	p. 89
The New Testament and The Shroud	p. 93
Crucifixion	p. 94
The Burial	p. 96
Jewish Burial Customs	p. 96
The Wrapping	p. 98
The Grave Clothes	p. 99
The Unwashed Body	p. 102
Conclusion	p. 104
Carbon 14 - Is the Shroud a Medieval Object?	p. 107
Laboratory Selection	p. 109
Methodology	p. 111
Dates or Discrepancies?	p. 116
Conclusion	p. 123
Other Tests for Age: Their Reliability and Their Results	p. 125
Scientific Research	p. 126
Pollen	p. 127
Mites	p. 129
Artifacts	p. 130
Archeological Peculiarities	p. 132
Textile Studies	p. 133
History	p. 133
Conclusion	p. 139
Some Important Cautions	p. 140
Conclusion	p. 142
The Burial Cloth of Jesus?	p. 145
Jesus and the Man in the Shroud	p. 146
The Identification of the Man in the Shroud	p. 150
Scholarly Opinions	p. 159
Conclusion	p. 163
Death by Crucifixion	p. 165
The Discoveries and Disputes of Pathology	p. 165
Current Shroud Pathology: An Overview	p. 166
Further Debate	p. 168
Pre-Crucifixion Suffering	p. 170
The Positions of the Nails	p. 171
Cause of Death	p. 174
The Spear in the Side	p. 176
Signs of Death	p. 177
Washing the Body	p. 179
Marfan's Syndrome	p. 180
Conclusion	p. 182
Evidence for the Cause of the Image	p. 185
Hypotheses Involving Fakery	p. 186
Natural Hypotheses	p. 190
The Scorch Theory	p. 194
Questions about the Scorch Theory	p. 195
Conclusion	p. 199
New Evidence for Jesus' Resurrection	p. 201
Scientific Opinion in the 80s	p. 202
The Evidence	p. 205
A Brief Apologetic for the Resurrection	p. 209
A Miracle?	p. 211
A Philosophical Case	p. 212
A Theological Case	p. 213
	p. 213
Into the Millennium
Shroud Studies in the 90s	p. 219
Conservation and Preservation	p. 219
Archiving	p. 222
Image Formation: What's New?	p. 222
Provenience Studies	p. 224
1994 Fire Simulating Laboratory Model	p. 224
The Biological Fractionation Theory	p. 224
Bio-Plastic Coating Theory	p. 225
Conclusion	p. 226
Significance of the Shroud
The lmage That Won't Go Away	p. 229
A Historical Perspective	p. 230
Skeptical Antagonism	p. 234
The Testimony of the New Testament	p. 238
A Scientist's Conviction	p. 248
Decide for Yourself	p. 249
Afterword	p. 251
Timetable for Recent Shroud Studies and Events (1988-2000)	p. 255
Notes	p. 259
History of the Shroud	p. 259
Fraud and the Shroud	p. 260
Back to the 80s	p. 260
The New Testament and the Shroud	p. 263
Carbon 14: Is the Shroud a Medieval Object?	p. 264
Other Tests for Age: Their Reliability and Their Results	p. 266
The Burial Cloth of Jesus?	p. 267
Death by Crucifixion: The Discoveries and Disputes of Pathology	p. 268
Evidence for the Cause of the Image	p. 272
New Evidence for Jesus' Resurrection?	p. 275
Shroud Studies in the 90s	p. 277
The Image that Won't Go Away	p. 277
Index	p. 279
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