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Monday, January 28, 2013

Lecture - "Direct Examination of Shroud of Turin" -- Notre Dame Prof. of Aerospace & Engineering - Jan. 29, 2013

Thirty-five years ago an expedition was mounted to examine the Shroud of Turin, take data and samples in an attempt to establish the possibility that the Shroud could be the burial cloth of Jesus of Nazareth. Dr. Jumper was one of two co-directors of that expedition. This presentation will relate the preparation and testing of the Shroud and discuss the specific findings regarding the chemical makeup of the various stains and images on the cloth. C14 dating, performed in the early 1980’s, showed that the samples of the cloth that were analyzed had a Carbon date that placed them in the Middle Ages. Although no conclusive method has been established on the specific mechanism responsible for the cloths images, the presumption has been that the cloth could not be the authentic burial cloth of Jesus. Dr. Jumper’s position, since the time that the C14 dating was made public, is that the Shroud cannot have a first century origin; however, new information has come to light that has introduced some doubt to his previous certainty.

Professor Eric J. Jumper

Start:

1/29/2013 at 3:30PM

End:

1/29/2013 at 5:00PM

Location:

Lower Level Auditorium, Geddes Hall

1 comment:

Timothy Shaw said...

Some blogging here at BLOGSPOT (Google) also wondered about the comments shared by the Eng. Professor -- see this weblink

http://shroudstory.com/2013/01/31/the-eric-jumper-lecture-at-notre-dame-how-did-it-go-anyone/

http://triablogue.blogspot.com/2013/02/more-about-shroud-of-turin.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blogspot%2Ftriablogue+(Triablogue)