The Mystery of the Last Supper
http://scienceandbelief.org/2014/03/13/the-mystery-of-the-last-supper/
March 14, 2104
Sir Colin Humphreys is Professor of Materials Science at Cambridge University, and his most heavily quoted paper - one in the prestigious scientific journal Nature - is on the dating of the crucifixion of Jesus. How did this come about? Humphreys is a Christian, so as he said in the book Real Science, Real Faith, he has 'made it a particular personal interest...to try to pin down more accurately the dates of some important biblical events.'
I have written before on Humphreys' work on the dating of the birth of Jesus, but as Easter is coming soon, it seemed a good time to talk about his death. Jesus' crucifixion is dated around 30-33AD, but Humphreys and his astrophysicist colleague W.G. Waddington came up with the more exact date.
The date given in the Nature article was arrived at in four stages:
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
http://scienceandbelief.org/2014/03/13/the-mystery-of-the-last-supper/
March 14, 2104
Sir Colin Humphreys is Professor of Materials Science at Cambridge University, and his most heavily quoted paper - one in the prestigious scientific journal Nature - is on the dating of the crucifixion of Jesus. How did this come about? Humphreys is a Christian, so as he said in the book Real Science, Real Faith, he has 'made it a particular personal interest...to try to pin down more accurately the dates of some important biblical events.'I have written before on Humphreys' work on the dating of the birth of Jesus, but as Easter is coming soon, it seemed a good time to talk about his death. Jesus' crucifixion is dated around 30-33AD, but Humphreys and his astrophysicist colleague W.G. Waddington came up with the more exact date.
The date given in the Nature article was arrived at in four stages:
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
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