![]() ![]() Eventually, many non-STURP scientists started publishing papers in these journals. But the top-notch scientists still aim to get their work in peer-reviewed journals. The latter includes those considered “Open Access,” which may or may not be peer-reviewed. These days, scientists have more options available, since there are so many more print and online journals that exist. (A big shout-out goes to Barrie for providing on his site much of the information found in this bibliography.) In those pre-Internet days, it was routine for scientists to publish their findings in peer-reviewed scientific journals. Barrie Schwortz, the team’s documenting photographer and one of the Jewish members, has already published the teams’ peer-reviewed scientific papers from 1979-1982 as well as some additional articles by STURP members. Sadly, about half of the team members are now deceased. As men who built bombs and help send crafts into space, they were mainly interested in the Shroud from a purely scientific perspective. Although most were Christian, only a few could be considered devout the team included Jews and agnostics as well. Some skeptics, especially those who were anti-religion, were not pleased with their findings, and STURP was subsequently often accused of being a group of religious zealots who were out to prove the Resurrection of Jesus. They were unable to come up with an answer, and actually concluded the image was not the product of the artist. ![]() Their mission was to determine how the image got onto the cloth, no more, no less. In 1978, the Shroud of Turin Research Project, known as “STURP,” a group of mainly American scientists and most of whom worked in the U.S.’ nuclear and space programs, were given permission to study the Shroud for five days around the clock. ![]()
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