The DNA of God? - Rilegato

Garza-Valdes, Leoncio A.

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ISBN 10: 0385488505 ISBN 13: 9780385488501

Casa editrice: Doubleday, 1999

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In a story that made headlines around the globe, an American microbiologist tells how he reestablished the case that the Shroud of Turin belonged to Jesus Christ and revealed astonishing evidence consistent with the Bible's account of the Crucifixion.

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iocarbon dating showed that the Shroud of Turin--long regarded as the burial cloth of Jesus of Nazareth--could not be from the time of Jesus but was of a more recent origin. What scientists did not know at that time, but what author Dr. Leoncio Garza-Valdes came to discover, is that bacteria produce an organic coating (what he calls a "bioplastic coating") over time on ancient textiles, textiles including the Shroud itself. This coating, which the author first discovered on Mayan artifacts, so distorts the carbon dating process that objects on which it is found (such as the Shroud) are actually significantly older than the data show. The scientific community has hailed Dr. Garza-Valdes's findings since this new knowledge is of significance for archaeologists around the world. For those interested in the mysterious history of the Shroud, it is again possible to regard this artifact as originating in the first century--and consequently as being the burial cloth of Jesus.

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• Editore: Doubleday
• Data di pubblicazione: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0385488505
• ISBN 13: 9780385488501
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 256