INDIANAPOLIS – It’s a crime scene
investigation focused on a case which occurred 2,000 years ago. Call it,
perhaps, CSI: Jerusalem.
That will be the focus of a special presentation
at the auditorium of Franciscan St. Francis Health 11 a.m. on Good Friday, April 18. Charles J. Dietzen, MD, will
discuss, from a medical perspective, the crucifixion of Jesus of Nazareth and
what really happened on that long-ago day atop Golgotha.
Dietzen, an Indianapolis pediatric
physical medicine and rehabilitation specialist and founder of Timmy Global Health, will explain the Roman practice of execution, the physiological
aspects of Jesus’ death and a medical analysis of opposing theories on the
resurrection.
Additionally, he will discuss what medical and scientific
analyses reveal about the Shroud
of Turin, an ancient linen many believe to be the burial cloth of Jesus.
The presentation, which will be in the hospital's auditorium, also will include a full-sized
replica of the cross, Roman period artifacts and a life-sized copy of the
Shroud of Turin.
