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Shroud of Turin

Ep 222: The Shroud of Turin part 1

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Shroud of Turin
A real man of the cloth.

Flora takes a deep dive into the divisive world of the Shroud of Turin on this episode of Blurry Photos. A venerated holy object of Christianity, the Shroud of Turin is the supposed burial cloth of Jesus, and the debate on its authenticity has raged for years. David hit the books hard and came up with a lot of information to pass along. So as not to melt brains with info overload, it’s all been split in twain for you. Part 1 deals with the description, history, experimentation, and pro-authenticity claims about the shroud. The upcoming part 2 will cover the anti-authenticity claims, as well as questions and thoughts Flora had along the way. Get your sticky tape, microscopes, and bibles out – this one’s shrouded in mystery!

Music

Decisions – Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0

Sources

  • Nickell, Joe. Inquest on the Shroud of Turin: Latest Scientific Findings. Amherst, NY: Prometheus Books. 1998.

  • Meacham, William. “The Authentication of the Turin Shroud, An Issue in Archeological Epistemology”. Current Anthropology. 1983

  • Wilson, Ian. The Shroud of Turin: The Burial Cloth of Jesus Christ? Rev. ed. Garden City, New York: Image Books. 1979.

  • McCrone, Walter C. Judgment Day for the Turin Shroud. Chicago: Microscope. 1996.

  • D’Arcis, Pierre. Memorandum to the Avignon Pope, Clement VII, translated from Latin by Rev. Herbert Thurston, 1389. Reprinted in Wilson 1979, 266–272.

  • Radiocarbon Dating of the Shroud of Turin, Nature, Vol. 337, No. 6208, pp. 611-615, 16th February, 1989. Web. https://www.nature.com/articles/337611a0?foxtrotcallback=true

  • Chivers, Tom. The Turin Shroud is Fake. Get Over It. Signs of the Times. Dec. 20, 2011. Web. https://www.sott.net/article/239118-The-Turin-Shroud-is-fake-Get-over-it
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