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Click to see almost 800 archaeology/ancient history books and 500 authentic ancient artifacts on our eBay store! The Quest for the True Cross by Carsten Peter Thiede & Matthew d'Ancona. DESCRIPTION: Hardback with Dust Jacket: 205 pages. Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan; (2002). ISBN: 0312294247. The cross may be the most powerful and recognizable symbol in the history of Western civilization. But what are the historical origins of the cross, and what happened to it after Christ's crucifixion? In a church outside Rome, a small fragment of wood, neglected for hundreds of years, may hold the answer to these questions and prove fundamental to understanding the real genesis of Christianity. Thiede and d'Ancona, best selling authors of "The Jesus Papyrus", have written an astonishing, revisionist work. "The Quest for the True Cross" explores the long-ignored fragment of the Titulus Crucis, the inscribed headboard of Christ's cross. Their claim is a radical challenge to the modern view that all supposedly holy relics are fakes. Thiede and d'Ancona have amassed evidence that this fragment dates from the time of Christ and was brought to Rome by Queen Helena, the mother of Constantine the Great. According to legend, Queen Helena found the cross in Jerusalem in A.D. 326, on the site w the Church of the Holy Sepulchre now stands. Following in Queen Helena's footsteps, and drawing together the threads of history, archaeology, myth, science, and religion, "The Quest for the True Cross" is a record of a remarkable journey through the ancient world. Much of what we think we know about early Christian faith and the world's most potent image will be called into question by this rare and groundbreaking book. CONDITION: Light shelf wear, Brand New, never read. PLEASE SEE IMAGES BELOW FOR SAMPLE PAGES FROM INSIDE OF BOOK. PLEASE SEE PUBLISHER, PROFESSIONAL, AND READER REVIEWS BELOW. PUBLISHER REVIEW : REVIEW: Focusing on a long-ignored fragment of the "Titulus Crucis", the inscribed headboard from Christ's cross, the authors provide evidence that it may date from the time of Christ and was brought to Rome by Queen Helena, the mother of Constantine the Great, in AD 328. Their claim is a radical challenge to the modern view that all supposedly holy relics are fakes. Following in Helena's footsteps and drawing together the threads of history, archaeology, myth, religion, and science, this journey through the ancient world may transform your beliefs about early Christian faith. Carsten Peter Thiede, German papyrologist, who ran the Institute of German Studies in London, produced documentaries for BBC TV and is now director of the Institute for Basic Epistemological Research at Paderborn, Germany. Matthew d'Ancona, formerly a senior editor on The Times, is now deputy editor of the Sunday Telegraph. PROFESSIONAL REVIEWS : REVIEW: When did Christians begin to venerate the cross of Jesus? Thiede and d'Ancona, who stirred up controversy about the dating of the Gospels in The Jesus Papyrus, challenge the prevailing scholarly opinion that the cross became a central symbol only after the emperor Constantine adopted Christianity as the official religion of the Roman Empire in the fourth century. According to legend, Constantine sent his mother to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, w she excavated and brought back to Rome the Titulus Crucis, or the headboard of the cross on which was written the words "King of the Jews." Using philological, literary and archeological evidence, the authors argue against this legend, claiming instead that the earliest Christians must have begun a tradition of venerating Jesus' cross. For example, they find the Chi-Rho symbol in papyri from the second century, and on a shard from Bethsaida from the first century. In their view, such discoveries support the claim that the cross functioned as a key symbol in pre-Constantinian Christianity. In addition, the authors discover the Titulus Crucis in a church in Rome and use the same tools to suggest a "plau... read more

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