Disciples thought image was 'living double of Jesus,' he says
(NEWSER) - As Christians prepare to celebrate the resurrection of Jesus, a Cambridge professor is claiming that a piece of cloth lies at the heart of their religion. Art historian Thomas de Wesselow has devoted much of his career to studying the Shroud of Turin. He believes it is the shroud of Jesus, and that the vivid image of a man on the burial cloth convinced Christ's disciples that he was still alive, the Telegraph reports. "They saw the image on the cloth as the living double of Jesus," he explains. “Back then, images had a psychological presence. They were seen as part of a separate plane of existence, as having a life of their own." More»
