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The godfather of the bestselling genre of historical quests that seek for the 'truth' behind ancient myths and faiths. -- The Independent
Really a completely new book, which I had not quite anticipated. The updated content [and] the enhanced pictorial program (including the many colour plates) ... greatly add to its impact. -- Professor John Beldon Scott
In 1978 Ian Wilson first put forward the idea that the Shroud was the same as the Mandylion of Edessa...The [latest] evidence presented...is such that the burden of proof is now on those who think that the two relics are not related... This would take the Shroud back to the seventh century at least...
-- John Ray, Times Literary Supplement
Really a completely new book, which I had not quite anticipated. The updated content [and] the enhanced pictorial program (including the many colour plates) ... greatly add to its impact. -- Professor John Beldon Scott
In 1978 Ian Wilson first put forward the idea that the Shroud was the same as the Mandylion of Edessa...The [latest] evidence presented...is such that the burden of proof is now on those who think that the two relics are not related... This would take the Shroud back to the seventh century at least...
-- John Ray, Times Literary Supplement
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Having read all Ian Wilson's books from the first Turin Shroud published in 1978 to the new one I can honestly say that the facts are written succintly and honestly. At no time does he try to bring religion into his writing, everything flows from scientific evidence to the miracle that was the Resurrection. Added to which his knowledge of History is immense every time I read one of his books and think I can't learn anymore to my surprise he does. I do hope Mr Wilson carries on writing for a longer time, thank you to him, we could do with a lot more writers of his ilk.
3 of 7 people found the following review helpful
I became interested in the Shroud in the early 80s but my interest was greatly reinforced by seeing the Shroud in Turin earlier this year. The book is written like a detective story and the evidence for the Shroud's provenance is extremely good despite news headlines to the contrary. As a Christian I do not need the Shroud to be genuine for me to believe in the Resurrection but looking at the forensic science of it has helped me in my faith in a more general way.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
The Best Single Volume on the Shroud, from the Dean of Shroud Researchers
28 July 2011
Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase
Anyone who doesn't think the Shroud is One Weird Historical Artifact simply doesn't know what he is talking about. At best, it is the burial garment of Christ and strong evidence in support of the Resurrection. At worst, it is 700 years old and is the only artifact of anything like that age that continues to fascinate and befuddle some of the best scientific minds around. As the technology for studying it becomes ever more sophisticated, the Shroud only becomes stranger and more mysterious. Visit the pre-eminent website, shroud.com, to get an idea of the vast scope of the literature that the Shroud has generated.
Ian Wilson has been at the forefront of Shroud studies for decades and is respected by everyone in the field. It was the original edition of this book that first piqued my interest in the Shroud, and this thoroughly updated version is well worth owning even if you own the original one. Wilson makes a really compelling case for the Shroud having been both the Image of Edessa and the Templars' Mandylion - so compelling, in fact, as to render the results of the carbon-dating tests (or whatever re-tests there may be in the future) almost irrelevant IMO. I happen to believe that the Shroud is the burial garment of Christ and strong evidence in support of the Resurrection - but this book is worth your time even if you discount that possibility entirely. This is just simply the best single volume on the Shroud to be found, free of the technical jargon that characterizes some of the scientific literature and likewise free of some of the more goofy speculation into which other Shroud researchers occasionally stray.
ONE HUGE CAVEAT: I originally bought the Kindle edition and discovered that it didn't have most of the photos and illustrations to which the text repeatedly refers. Some of them, yes, but so few that trying to read the book was maddening. Amazon was very good about refunding my money when I squawked, whereupon I bought the hardcover and am once again a happy customer. Perhaps the Kindle edition has been revised, but I would ask before buying it.
Ian Wilson has been at the forefront of Shroud studies for decades and is respected by everyone in the field. It was the original edition of this book that first piqued my interest in the Shroud, and this thoroughly updated version is well worth owning even if you own the original one. Wilson makes a really compelling case for the Shroud having been both the Image of Edessa and the Templars' Mandylion - so compelling, in fact, as to render the results of the carbon-dating tests (or whatever re-tests there may be in the future) almost irrelevant IMO. I happen to believe that the Shroud is the burial garment of Christ and strong evidence in support of the Resurrection - but this book is worth your time even if you discount that possibility entirely. This is just simply the best single volume on the Shroud to be found, free of the technical jargon that characterizes some of the scientific literature and likewise free of some of the more goofy speculation into which other Shroud researchers occasionally stray.
ONE HUGE CAVEAT: I originally bought the Kindle edition and discovered that it didn't have most of the photos and illustrations to which the text repeatedly refers. Some of them, yes, but so few that trying to read the book was maddening. Amazon was very good about refunding my money when I squawked, whereupon I bought the hardcover and am once again a happy customer. Perhaps the Kindle edition has been revised, but I would ask before buying it.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Excellent, excellent book! A MUST have!
6 Nov 2011
Format:Paperback
Ian Wilson does it again. Anyone even remotely interested in the Shroud of Turin, must have this book! Wilson has written another fascinating and up to the minute account on the Turin Shroud. I read Wilson's book The Blood and the Shroud: New Evidence That the World's Most Sacred Relic Is Real and this book appears to be much different. All the new information discovered since the 1998 book are here. I am rather surpried, however, that Wilson dismisses the "new" evidence, that Ray Rogers wrote a paper on, concerning the area that was used for Carbon 14 testing being a patch. Wilson who in 1973 checked out the Shroud personally says that that area was not noticeably different in any way from the rest of the cloth. So people assuming that Wilson who is a believer in the authenticity of the Shroud, as am I, would be biased in its favor, would be mistaken. He goes out of his way to repeat the claims of Walter McCrone despite the strong evidence against McCrone's claim that the Shroud is just a painting. Although any book on the Shroud will contain similar information, I found this book to have a lot of varied and interesting facts and stories. The new and extended study of Edessa is great! For the first time I found out what happened to Max Frei pollen samples from the Shroud, it's not good and read what exactly was done with the 2002 restoration. Wilson is very even handed and patient in this book. He looks at the facts and doesn't condemn anyone. I may be biased because I am so fascinated with this object, but I don't believe that I am. This well researched and easily readable book. Wilson is perhaps the most knowledgable Shroud writer around. It is well worth a purchase.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
A great mystery for modern science
26 April 2011
Format:Paperback
I enjoyed reading Wilson's book on the history of the Holy Shroud. No doubt the author possesses great historical knowledge of this field having himself examined the Shroud several times (the first time in 1973) in his life. During a two-thousand years time span, however, there are periods when the exact location of the Shroud is unknown or when it disappeared and reappeared in different places between the Middle East and Europe. Hence, the author put forward the hypothesis that between the 6-th and 12-th centuries the Shroud was known as the Image of Edessa (Edessa is a Turkish city known today with the name of Sanliurfa). This hypothesis is fine with me but I found that the historical discussion around the Image of Edessa was too long and at some point I lost track of the whole story. The same happened when I was reading on the many details of the Knights Templar that were active during the early Middle Age (1100~1300). Personally, I expected more on the scientific aspects related to the formation of the image on the Shroud and the experiments concerned with modern attempts to reproduce the image on it. As far as I understand, no scientist has so far been able to reproduce such a realistic 3D image on a piece of linen. Furthermore, there are many scientific hypothesis about the original formation of the image on the Shroud but nothing really conclusive and generally accepted. Hence, a thorough discussion of these failed experiments can provide further support (besides history and personal faith) on the autenticity of the Shroud. I noticed that somewhere in the book it is written that copies of the Shroud are known to be preserved (in Spain); however, no comparison between such copies (fabricated during the Middle Age) and the Turin Shroud has been attempted by Wilson. In my opinion, if modern science cannot explain how such 3D (negative) image can be formed, then it is impossible to assert (as some one does) that the image is a fake made during the Middle Age. The results of radiocarbon dating performed in 1988 by three laboratories seem controversial (see the paper by Rogers published in the journal: Thermochimica Acta, vol. 425, pp. 189-194, 2005) and, at that time, marred by antagonism among the groups of scientists that were in charge of the analyses. No doubt, the scientific (and historical) mysteries surrounding the Shroud will continue for a long time.
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