Shroud Of Turin - New Research Dates Relic To 1st Century, Time Of Jesus Christ

The Muslim Times | Alislam |  Subscribe Shroud Of Turin - New Research Dates Relic To 1st Century, Time Of Jesus Christ Epigraph: "And their (Jews of Jesus' time) saying, 'We did kill the Messiah, Jesus, son of Mary, the Messenger of Allah;' whereas they slew him not, nor crucified him, but he was made to appear to them like one crucified; and those who differ therein are certainly in a state of doubt about it; they have no definite knowledge thereof, but only follow a conjecture; and they did not convert this conjecture into a certainty.  On the contrary, Allah exalted him to Himself. And Allah is Mighty, Wise." (Al Quran 4:158-159) Full-length image of the Turin Shroud before the 2002 restoration, from Wikipedia Posted by Dr. Amtul Q Farhat, Canada Source: The Huffington Post  |   By Meredith Bennett-Smith Posted: 03/28/2013  2:51 pm EDT  |  Updated: 03/28/2013  8:24 pm EDT After decades of speculation, new research suggests that the Shroud of Turin, one of the Catholic Church's holiest relics, may be the real deal. Believed by some to have been Jesus' burial cloth, the Shroud has been the subject of much research. The latest battery of experiments led experts to conclude the cloth may have come from the first century A.D., making it old enough to have been used to bury Jesus Christ Giulio Fanti, a professor of mechanical and thermal measurement at the University of Padua, announced the findings in a book that hit shelves Wednesday in Italy, reports Vatican Insider. Fanti has written several papers about the shroud, including one in 2011 that hypothesized how radiation could have caused the image of a man's bloody face and body to appear on the cloth. In his most recent effort, Fanti and a research team from the University of Padua conducted three tests on tiny fibers extracted from the shroud during earlier carbon-14 dating tests conducted in 1988, according to Vatican Insider. The first two tests used infrared light and Raman spectroscopy, respectively, while the third employed a test analyzing different mechanical parameters relating to voltage. The results date the cloth to between 300 B.C. and 400 A.D., per The Telegraph. In an email with The Huffington Post, Fanti said that researchers also found trace elements of soil "compatible with the soil of Jerusalem." "For me the [Shroud] comes from God because there are hundreds of clues in favor to the authenticity," he wrote, adding that there also "no sure proofs." "The tests will revive the debate about the true origins of one of Christianity's most prized but mysterious relics and are likely to be hotly contested by sceptics," The Telegraph's Nick Squires writes about Fanti's experiments. Much of the controversy about the Shroud centers around carbon-14 dating tests from 1988 that concluded the piece of linen was a medieval forgery. However, those results may have been contaminated by fibers used to repair the cloth during the Middle Ages, according to the BBC. Fanti's book, Il Mistero della Sindone (translated to The Mystery of the Shroud) , co-authored by journalist Saverio Gaeta, was released ahead of the Easter holiday, as Christians around the world prepare to celebrate the resurrection of Jesus. The Shroud generally resides in a climate-controlled case in a cathedral in Turin, Italy, and is rarely viewed. It will make a rare televised appearance this year, however, on the Saturday before Easter. Reference Click here to read in and watch a video the Muslim Times Addtional reading and viewing Govt of India Documentary on Jesus in Kashmir! Shroud of Turin: Let the discussions begin Turin shroud makes rare appearance on TV amid claims that it is  not a forgery Italian study claims Turin Shroud is Christ's authentic burial  robe The First International Conference on the Deliverance of Jesus  Christ from the Cross   The Muslim Times' Editorial team: If you like what you see, please forward it to friends and family.  To know more about us: click here.

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