Books on The Shroud or Turin

The discovery of human blood on the Shroud has ignited much of the new controversy. If the Shroud can be authenticated, as Wilson contends, then DNA testing of the blood would reveal a hitherto unimaginable amount of information about the body it once contained. Ironically, while the Church might be expected to be pleased with supportive findings that the image on the Shroud cannot be the result of a "cunning painting" as some have suggested, that is not altogether the case. Eighteen months ago, Cardinal Saldarini of Turin, the Pope's official custodian of the Shroud, formally requested the return of all Shroud samples on which any scientific work might be done.The Texas scientists who have tested the blood samples for the presence of human DNA have insisted that they have insufficient DNA to determine parentage. However, the Vatican authorities appear to be taking no chances.

Hardcover, 320 pages
Published by Simon & Schuster
Publication date: April 1, 1998
ISBN: 0684853590