Sacred Blood, Sacred Image: The Sudarim of Oviedo - Hardcover

Bennett, Janice

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0970568207 ISBN 13: 9780970568205

Publisher: Ignatius Press, 2005

Synopsis

Revised Edition

This is the story of the Sudarium of Oviedo, an ancient bloodstained cloth, believed to have covered the head of Jesus of Nazareth after his crucifixion. The author traces the known history of the linen and presents the up-to-date conclusions of EDICES. The investigative team that has been studying the cloth since 1989, discusses the cultural significance of the crucifixion and blood in the context of first-century Jerusalem. They demonstrate the significance of the famous passage of John 20:5-7, as analyzed by some of the most important Biblical scholars of the world. The book contains twenty pages of color photographs, many of which are from EDICES. These photographs explain visually the bloodstains and wrinkles found on the cloth, how the cloth was used, its comparison with the Shroud of Turin and the historical odyssey from Jerusalem to Spain.

About this title

About the Author:

Janice Bennett started out as a graphic artist with several companies, which led to the formation of her own studio. She began to study Spanish in 1990, and was awarded a Master of Arts in Spanish Literature from the University of Colorado in Boulder in 1997. She has been teaching Spanish Literature for the past five years, and has written a guide to literary analysis. She has traveled extensively in Spain, including five visits to the Cathedral of Oviedo, and has been translating the work of the Spanish Center of Sindonology for several years. Her most recent translation is the photographic guide to the Exposition of the Sudarium in the year 2000, by Jorge-Manuel Rodríguez Almenar.

About this edition

• Publisher: Ignatius Press
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0970568207
• ISBN 13: 9780970568205
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 223