Shroud of Turin

The History and Legends of the World's Most Famous Relic

Inbunden, Engelska, 2020

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Shrouds have long held a special place among the sacred relics of Christendom. In the Middle Ages, shrouds, like holy relics, were the prize possessions of churches and cities.Cloaked in mystery, these artifacts have long been objects of reverence and awe, as well as sources of debates, quarrels, thefts, and excommunications. Shrouds - so some claim - provide visible testimony to faith. One in particular has drawn the interest of scholars, clergy, and the public alike: the Shroud of Turin.In The Shroud of Turin, Andrea Nicolotti chronicles the history of this famous cloth, including its circuitous journey from the French village of Lirey to its home in the Italian city of Turin, as well as the fantastical claims surrounding its origin and modern scientific efforts to prove or disprove its authenticity.Full of intrigue and mystery, The Shroud of Turin dismantles hypotheses that cannot survive the rigors of historical analysis. Nicolotti directly addresses the thorny problem of the authenticity of the relic and the difficult relationship between history, faith, and science.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2020-03-01
Mått162 x 233 x 38 mm
Vikt820 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor524
FörlagBaylor University Press
ISBN9781481311472
ÖversättareHunt, Jeffrey M., Smith, R. A.

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Introduction to the English EditionGenealogical Stemma1 One The Birth and Development of a Cult1.1 The Fate of Jesus' Burial Cloths1.2 Medieval Shrouds and Sudariums2 The Shroud of Lirey-Chamb?®ry-Turin2.1 Origins2.2 Passage of the Shroud's Ownership3 The Shroud in Piedmont3.1 The Early Days of the Shroud in Turin3.2 Between the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries4 The Shroud and Modernity4.1 Science and History4.2 The Fragility of the Hard Sciences4.3 Between Monarchy and Republic4.4 The Postconciliar Period5 The Creation of a Myth5.1 A Rebirth5.2 The Invention of a Story5.3 The Era of Radiocarbon5.4 A Revival in the Third Millennium

This book constitutes the very best analysis of the history of the Shroud of Turin and of other competing shrouds, from antiquity to the present day. Relying on a complete reexamination of the documented evidence, this work is a masterpiece in its use of the methods of historical criticism. It is an antidote to the devotional and pseudoscientific literature put in circulation by those who believe in the authenticity of the relic. -- Fr. Pier Angelo Gramaglia, Professor Emeritus of Patrology, Theological University of Northern Italy