For a long time, the Turin shroud was believed to be a ‘living proof" of the crucifixion of Jesus and in particular of His supernatural resurrection. In the 1980s a radiocarbon-dating was supposed to bring ultimate scientific clarity about the authenticity of the cloth. The result produced in 1988 is unambiguous: The alleged shroud of Jesus is a forgery from the Middle Ages!

E. Hall, M. Tite and R. Hedges announced during a press conference at the British Museum on 14 October 1988 that the Turin cloth was a medieval forgery originating from the years 1260-1390. No reliable and truthful scientists could  consider the shroud to be authentic any longer. One day before, the then Cardinal of Turin, Ballestrero, said, it is now proven that we are dealing with a fake.

Shroud researchers and Christianity were shocked, but representatives of the church seemed un-surprised, as if they had already anticipated this outcome: „The shroud could still be admired as a medieval work of art“.

If however, one looks closely at the C14-test, inconsistencies and cover-ups are found and many questions arise. 

Inconsistencies during the Carbon-Dating - many Questions arise

Just one example: the pieces, which arrived at the institutes do not match with the pieces, which have been cut out of the original shroud.

But why should Christianity wish that its greatest relic be revealed to be false? The resolution of this apparent contradiction is found in the shroud, in the Bible and the history of the early Christian religion: In fact it uncovers the historical un-tenability of a self-sacrificial death and the belief in the supernatural physical resurrection of Jesus, on which Paul has fastened the entire Christian salvation.

Risen or Rivived?

As examinable evidence, the cloth discloses information of what actually happened in the grave of Jesus after he was taken from the cross. The event is certainly difficult to believe, but not beyond scientific explanation, even if something else has been taught as dogma and believed for so many centuries. The conclusion from the Shroud research is: Here a great man has definitely survived his own crucifixion and if, as the New Testament writers have recorded, he appeared to his disciples, then he must have been rescued by brave friends. 

Forensic scientists in England, Germany and Spain  independently came to the conclusion that the man, who once laid under the grave cloth, must have been still alive, e.g.: “In my opinion, everything speaks to the fact that the blood circulation activity had not yet ended." Expert opinion of Prof. Bonte - at that time head of the Forensic Medicine Institute of the University of Dusseldorf and president of the World Federation of forensic scientists

The consequences are far reaching 

But only for the dogmatic religion, which was constructed in the first centuries out of the life of Jesus.

This book is for anybody, who wants to get to the bottom of Christian religion and spirituality.

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Here is what readers wrote

“One assumes that Jesus had died on the cross and does not question this. The idea that Jesus may have survived the crucifixion badly injured irritated me a lot at first. But this stumbling block sets off an avalanche, which blows away old faith debris and enables a vision of new ways of faith… I am glad that now I can, as Christian, belief differently -- with a pure conscience.”         

"The author writes scientifically sound but in a way that the reader can draw his own conclusions.
A delicate subject handled seriously, but a casual style of writing makes it easy to read. The message of the resurrection of Jesus gets massively unhinged. Despite or even therefore it is worth reading also for devout Christians. The book can be red fluently, indeed it is almost unputdownable. 
For all those interested in this subject, surely an absolutely recommendable reading”. 

"The author himself puts it in a nutshell: Our growing knowledge about the beginnings of Christianity together with the growing findings through Shroud-research creates a new situation out of which the process that has once defined the "Christian faith" should be reviewed. The book "New Light on Jesus" takes the first step in that direction: a difficult, complex issue that is illuminated very comprehensively and diligently, but written in an easily understandable way thus entertaining also for non-specialists. Therefore it is a valuable, exciting reading not only for theologians, but also and especially for those who are generally interested in culture, art and religious history!" 

"Dr. Helmut Felzmann's book compiles very convincing scientific evidence that the shroud of Turin image was formed within natural laws. He describes many forensic studies of the man of the shroud images.
He presents convincing evidence that the man of the shroud image was alive when the image was formed. A warm body and the image Raymond Rogers Maillard reaction mechanism is shown to be a valid mechanism for forming the shroud image.
His book ranks as one of the most important scientific Shroud-books along with the 1902 Paul Vignon "The Shroud of Christ", the 1998 Rodney Hoare, 'The Turin Shroud is Genuine "and
the 2008 Raymond Rogers "A Chemist's Perspective on The Shroud of Turin". Together they document a probable mechanism following natural laws for the shroud image formation". 

  The author

   Helmut Felzmann, Ph.D., has for over 35 years been involved in research on the Turin Shroud. He is a member of the Shroud Science Group, a global group of some 100 scientists from different fields, who exchange their views on this object.