Why an Atheist Thinks the Shroud of Turin is the Real Deal

Accuracy in Translations

Were it not for the demands of accuracy in history and problems always posed by translation from the ancient to the modern, we could read the following quote, acknowledge that it makes a dramatic point about the shroud, and move on. Note the alternative translation possibilities in brackets:

But among the rest, there was also another of the minsters [churches], which was called the Church of my Lady Saint Mary of Blachernae, within which was the shroud [or syndoine or syndoines: singular or plural] wherein Our Lord was wrapped. And on every Friday that shroud did raise itself upright [or stood up straight], so that the form [or features] of Our Lord could clearly be seen. And none knows - neither Greek nor Frank - what became of that shroud when the city was taken. (26)