Relics of the ChristUniversity Press of Kentucky, 16 мар. 2007 г. - Всего страниц: 232 Religious relics, defined as "either portions of or objects connected with the body of a saint or other holy person," are among the most revered items in the world. Christian relics such as the Holy Grail, the True Cross, and the Lance of Longinus are also the source of limitless controversy. Such items have incited people to bloodshed and, some say, have been a source of miracles. Relics inspire fear and hope among the faithful and yet are a perennial target for skeptics, both secular and Christian. To research the authenticity of numerous Christian relics, Joe Nickell takes a scientific approach to a field of study all too often tainted by premature conclusions. In this volume, Nickell investigates such renowned relics as the Shroud of Turin, the multiple heads of John the Baptist, and the supposedly incorruptible corpses of saints, first examining the available evidence and documented history of each item. From accounts of true believers to the testimony of the relics' alleged fabricators, Nickell then presents all sides of each story, allowing the evidence to speak for itself. For each relic, Nickell evaluates both the corroborating and contradictory bodies of evidence and explores whether the relic and attributed miracles can be reconstructed. In addition to his own experiments, Nickell presents findings from the world's top scientists and historians regarding these controversial objects of reverence and ire, explaining the circumstances under which each case was examined. Radiocarbon dating and tests to determine the validity of substances such as blood or patina indicate a variety of possible origins. Nickell even reveals some of the techniques used to create archaeological forgeries and explains how investigators have exposed them. Each relic is a mystery to be solved; guided by the maxim, "extraordinary claims require extraordinary proof," Nickell seeks only the truth. |
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... Gospels, he was the Messiah, or Christ (from the Greek “anointed”); scholars have attempted to understand him as a ... Gospel says almost nothing about the origins of Jesus. Matthew (1:1–16) and Luke (3:23–38) provide genealogies, but ...
... Gospels relate Jesus' baptism by John the Baptist, a historical figure mentioned by Josephus. In Mark (1:9–11), the Spirit of God enters Jesus on this occasion; in Matthew (3:14–15), however, the Holy Spirit had already entered Jesus ...
... The Annunciation of Jesus' birth is related in the Gospel of Luke (midnineteenth-century illustration by Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld). Figure I.2. The Holy Family—Mary, Joseph, and the young Jesus—are. The Annunciation.
... Gospels were composed some seventy to a hundred years after Jesus' birth (Ward 1987, 14), creating difficulties from the outset. Mark, whose Gospel was probably the earliest and certainly the shortest, seems to have known nothing of the ...
... Gospels say little about Jesus' early years. Modern biblical critics tend to be skeptical of all stories about the young Jesus, including such apocryphal accounts as the First Gospel of the Infancy of Jesus Christ, where he is a sort of ...
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Christian Relics | |
Depiction of the Magi at Basilica of St Eustorgio | |
The Holy Grail | |
The Antioch chalice | |
SelfPortraits of Jesus | |
Face of Christ imprinted on cloth | |
Jesus dies on a cross | |