(Shroud of) Turin shroud controversy envelops pair

The Seattle Times ^ | August 24, 2008 | DeeDee Correll

[Publius804]

Turin shroud controversy envelops pair

The tie that binds John and Rebecca Jackson is about 4 feet by 14 feet, woven of herringbone twill linen. It once led to their romance; years later, it dominates their thoughts and fills their conversations.

By DeeDee Correll

Los Angeles Times

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — The tie that binds John and Rebecca Jackson is about 4 feet by 14 feet, woven of herringbone twill linen. It once led to their romance; years later, it dominates their thoughts and fills their conversations.

It brought Rebecca, an Orthodox Jew, to the Roman Catholic Church; it led John to suspend himself from an 8-foot-tall cross to study how blood might have stained the cloth. Together, the two have committed to memory every crease, scorch mark and unexplained stain in their years-long pursuit of the mystery:

Is the Shroud of Turin — which purportedly bears the image of a crucifixion victim — the burial cloth of Jesus?

[GregoTX]

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[Swordmaker]

Another John Jackson, Oxford new C14 Research article—PING!

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