A DESCRIPTION, INTRODUCTION, THE TEXT
ON LINE, AND TRANSLATIONS
A DESCRIPTION and INTRODUCTION to the URANTIA PAPERS
Part
I - THE CENTRAL AND SUPERUNIVERSES
Sponsored by a Uversa Corps of Superuniverse Personalities acting by authority of the Orvonton Ancients of Days.
Part
II - THE LOCAL UNIVERSE
Sponsored by a Nebadon Corps of Local
Universe Personalities acting by authority of Gabriel of Salvington.
Part
III - THE HISTORY OF URANTIA
These papers were sponsored by a Corps
of Local Universe Personalities acting by authority of Gabriel of Salvington.
Part
IV - THE LIFE AND TEACHINGS OF JESUS
This group of papers was sponsored
by a commission of twelve Urantia Midwayers acting under the supervision
of a Melchizedek revelatory director.
The basis of this narrative was supplied by a secondary midwayer who
was onetime assigned to the superhuman watchcare of the Apostle Andrew.
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This link also gives the titles of the sub sections of each of the Papers.
A new reader who is trying to make sense of all the information can easily become overwhelmed and suffer from sensory overload. This site is a hub of introductory information, while providing links to additional resources for those who wish to investigate further.
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Introduction to The Urantia Book
Harry McMullan III
In October,
1955, The Urantia Book was published by a non-profit foundation in
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Contents include: Overview of The Urantia Book, Teachings, Comparison to Christianity, Comparisons to other world religions, Mystery of origin, Criticisms.
THE TEXT OF THE URANTIA PAPERS ON LINE
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Urantia
Foundation.
This version is on the Urantia Foundation
web site. It provides an index, the titles of the papers, the parts
of the book, the contents, and a search facility.
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Urantia Book Explorer
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Dual Text (Urantia Foundation and Uversa Press); four selectable numbering systems; Universal Citation Locator (in 4 numbering system formats); collapsible table of contents; clickable access to The Urantia Book at the part, paper, section and paragraph level; search capability (highlights all occurrences and scrolls to first occurrence); bookmarks (with text preview of each); threaded highlighting; constantly viewable navigation panel; and inter-session resume function.
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This site provides an additional referencing
method and Discussion Questions for a study of The Urantia Book. The
index listing for each paper contains a link to study questions for
the related paper. These questions were developed to stimulate discussion
in groups but they are useful for individual study as well.
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Read and Search - A research tool for the Urantia Papers.
Jesus of Urantia
This website offers the explorer the opportunity to choose to freely and easily listen to recorded readings of the Urantia Book while reading along. Visitors can choose to listen to an entire paper, or to any section(s) within a paper, while exercising full control over interruptions.
TRANSLATIONS AND DOWNLOADS
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This site exists to foster the dissemination of The Urantia Book
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about this important work in a particular language.
Highlights include:
...The complete ENGLISH text of The Urantia Book
...FREE and convenient DOWNLOAD of selected versions
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...Links where to find ALL AVAILABLE Translations.
Information on translations:
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Some historical information:
JAPANESE TRANSLATION PROGRESS ~ Urantia Foundation's News Online, March 2008
PORTUGUESE PREMIERE in BRAZIL ~ UF News Online, March 2008
PORTUGUESE TRANSLATION ~ UF News Online, Sept. 2007
COMMITTEE ON TRANSLATIONS ~ UF News Online, Sept 2007, Trustees' Meeting.
THE GERMAN TRANSLATION ~ UF News Online, Dec. 2007
KOREAN TRANSLATION PUBLISHED ~ Urantian News, June 2000
DISTRIBUTION OF EL LIBRO ~ UF News Online, Sept. 2007
POLISH TRANSLATION ~ UF News Online, March. 2009.
ITALIAN and LITHUANIAN COMPLETED ~ Urantian News, Aug. 2004
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This new online tool is POLYGLOSS, which enables cross-referencing any two available translations. It is an amazing resource, particularly for linguists.
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