"I recognize Christ as a historical personage and I see no reason why anyone should be scandalized that there still exist material traces of his earthly life."
Yves Delage, professor of comparative anatomy at The Sorbonne, and self-professed agnostic
Sourced from John E. Walsh, "The Shroud?" New York, 1963.
"...fitting only a coin issued by Pontius Pilate between 29 and 32 A.D."
Francis Filas, professor at Loyola University in Chicago
J.Jackson and E. Jumper (STURP members who discovered the 3-dimansional characteristic of the Shroud image) noted objects (coins) placed over the eyes of the man buried in the Shroud (part of the Jewish burial custom). Professor Filas identified the coins as one minted only during the era during Jesus' crucifixion.
Sourced from Francis L. Filas, "The Dating of the Shroud of Turin from Coins of Pontius Pilate," private monograph, 1980.
"It may be stated categorically that no archaeological discovery has ever controverted a Biblical reference. Scores of archaeoligical findings have been made which confirm in clear outline or exact detail historical statements in the Bible."
Nelson Glueck, renowned archaeologist who worked extensively in the Middle East
Nelson Glueck, Rivers In The Desert, New York: Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, 1959, p.31.
"On the whole, however, archaeological work has unquestionably strengthened confidence in the reliability of the scriptural record."
Nelson Glueck, renowned archaeologist who worked extensively in the Middle East
Millar Burrows, What Mean These Stones?, New Haven: American Schools of Oriental Research, 1941, p.1.
"There can be no doubt that archaeology has confirmed the substantial historicity of the Old Testament tradition."
William F. Albright, renowned archaeologist
William Foxworth Albright, Archaeology and the Religion of Israel, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins Press, 1953, p.176.
"Historical-critical studies conclude that the teaching about the resurrection dates virtually from the time of the eyewitness experiences themselves. Thus, it was not a later legend added to the Christian message."
Reginald Fuller, The Formation Of The Resurrection Narratives, New York: Macmillan, 1971, pp.9ff.
"We can conclude for now that the Shroud image is that of a real human form of a scourged, crucified man. It is not the product of an artist. The bloodstains are composed of hemoglobin and also give a positive test for serum albumin."
- Summary of Official Statement
issued by
The Shroud Of Turin Research Project
(STURP)
About This Section
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