Main index #1: The evidence is overwhelming that the Turin Shroud is Jesus' burial sheet!

MAIN INDEX #1

Copyright © Stephen E. Jones[1]

I often state that, "the evidence is overwhelming that the Shroud is Jesus' burial sheet!"(i.e. the burial sindon of Jesus recorded in the Gospels: Mt 27:59; Mk 15:46; Lk 23:53), because it's true! So here is part #1 of a multi-part series of posts with that heading. I will link back to this page whenever I make that statement in future. This series supersedes my series, "The Shroud of Turin."

[Above (enlarge): Secondo Pia's 1898 negative photograph of the Shroud face[2], which because it is a photographic positive, proved that the Turin Shroud image is a photographic negative[3, 4, 5]. See further under future "History of the Shroud.]

This first post in that series will serve as a main index to other posts in the series. Each item below will be a sub-index, which will link to pages, each on a single topic, containing brief items of relevant evidence backed by quotes and references supporting that topic. These headings may change and further headings may be added.

[Next: #2. A linen cloth]

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1. A linen cloth #2
2. The man on the Shroud #8
3. Other marks and images on the Shroud #26
4. The Bible & the Shroud #33
5. Prehistory of the Shroud #44
6. History of the Shroud
7. Archaeology & the Shroud
8. Art & the Shroud
9. Science & the Shroud
10. Sudarium of Oviedo
11. Image formation theories
12. Problems for the forgery theory
13. Objections
14. Conclusion

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Problem for the forgery theory. Since the only practically possible alternative to the Shroud being Jesus' burial sheet is that it was created by a medieval or earlier artist/forger[6, 7, 8, 9], but photographic negativity was unknown until the early 19th century[10], this alone is proof beyond reasonable doubt that the Shroud is Jesus' burial sheet! I will keep track of these problems of the forgery theory in my Topic Index [later abandoned], under "forgery theory, problems" and present them together under a future topic, "Problems of the forgery theory."

Continued in Introduction part #2 of this series.

Notes
1. This post is copyright. Permission is granted to quote from any part of this post (but not the whole post), provided it includes a reference citing my name (e.g. "Jones, S.E."), its subject heading, its date, and a link back to this post (if posted on the Internet). [return]
2. "Holy Face of Jesus," Wikipedia, 7 February 2015. [return]
3. McNair, P., 1978, "The Shroud and History: Fantasy, Fake or Fact?," in Jennings, P., ed., "Face to Face with the Turin Shroud," Mayhew-McCrimmon: Great Wakering UK, pp.26-27. [return]
4. O'Rahilly, A. & Gaughan, J.A., ed., 1985, "The Crucified," Kingdom Books: Dublin, pp.46-47. [return]
5. Antonacci, M., 2000, "Resurrection of the Shroud: New Scientific, Medical, and Archeological Evidence," M. Evans & Co: New York NY, pp.34-35. [return]
6. Thurston, H., S.J., 1903, "The Holy Shroud and the Verdict of History," The Month, CI, January, pp.17-29, p.19, in Wuenschel, E.A., 1954, "Self-Portrait of Christ: The Holy Shroud of Turin," Holy Shroud Guild: Esopus NY, Third printing, 1961, p.40. [return]
7. Walsh, J.E., 1963, "The Shroud," Random House: New York NY, pp.x-xii. [return]
8. Stevenson, K.E. & Habermas, G.R., 1981, "Verdict on the Shroud: Evidence for the Death and Resurrection of Jesus Christ," Servant Books: Ann Arbor MI, p.128. [return]
9. Schafersman, S.D., 1982, "Science, the public, and the Shroud of Turin," The Skeptical Inquirer, Vol. 6, No. 3, Spring, pp.37-56, p.42, in Nickell, J., 1987, "Inquest on the Shroud of Turin," [1983], Prometheus Books: Buffalo NY, Revised, Reprinted, 2000, p.141. [return]
10. "History of photography: Development of chemical photography," Wikipedia, 8 June 2015. [return]

Posted 8 July 2015. Updated 5 August 2024.