The sign
Subtitle: the Shroud of Turin and the secret of the resurrection
By: Thomas de Wesselow
Publisher: Dutton
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 448
ISBN-13: 9780525953654
Subjects: Jesus Christ; Holy Shroud; Church history; Antiquities; Christianity
Description: Examines the mysteries of the resurrection of Jesus and the Shroud of Turin to provide an understanding of the birth of Christianity.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction. The resurrection ; The shroud of Turin; title: The historical riddle. Judaism before Easter ; The testimony of Paul ; The impact of Easter ; The gospel stories ; The way ahead; title: The unthinkable shroud. A unique spectacle ; The cloth examines ; The blood-image ; The body-image ; A natural image of Jesus? ; The carbon-dating fiasco ; The shroud in the east; title: Seeing through the shroud. The animated shroud ; The risen Jesus ; The ascended Jesus; title: Easter. The burial and the myth ; The far-from empty tomb ; The appearance to the women ; The appearance to Peter ; The appearance to the twelve; title: The birth of the church. In accordance with the scriptures ; The forgotten appearances ; The last of the apostles ; The move to Edessa; title: Conclusion. The Easter shroud.