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• The text of The Urantia Book
• The index to The Urantia Book
• Bible texts
• The Paramony references to The Urantia Book
• The workbooks of Dr. Sadler
• Topical studies
• Timeline
• Pronunciation guide
Studying The Urantia Book
Through symbols found at the end of paragraphs in this Study Edition, the text is linked to various study aid features. The symbol legend is shown at the top of each of the book's Papers.
For example,
the first paragraph of Paper 1, The Universal Father, shows 4 symbols, meaning this paragraph references 4 study aids. The symbols represent the Old Testament, the New Testament, the Apocrypha, and one of the Sadler workbooks.
Clicking the first symbol, ✡ (representing the Old Testament as shown in the legend), opens a pop-up window of Old Testament references relating to this first paragraph.
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The pop-up window lists 7 Old Testament topics (see “Topical keywords from The Paramony” in The Paramony explanation below) that relate to this first paragraph, the first topic being “God created heaven and earth” with 19 links to various Bible books, chapters and verses referring to God creating heaven and earth in the Old Testament. The second topic, "No God beside you" gives 9 Old Testament references, etc.
Bible links are to the King James Version of the Bible.
Many Bible verses end with the ∞ symbol which links back to The Urantia Book. Clicking that symbol produces a pop-up window of links back to The Urantia Book where that particular Bible verse is referenced.
The second symbol of paragraph one, † (representing New Testament references), produces a pop-up window of the three topics “God created heaven & earth”, “No God beside you”, and “Universes made by sons of God” each linking to books of the KJV New Testament.
The third symbol, ⊕, gives a pop-up for a link to a book of the Apocrypha for the topic “No God beside you.”
The fourth symbol, Ψ, is a link to Workbook Volume 1: A Study of Part I of The Urantia Book, for Paper 1 by Dr. William Sadler.
Studying Scripture:
In this study edition Scripture includes the Bible, the Apocrypha, and The Book of Enoch; each of which is available in its entirety.
• The Bible (KJV) —
The Bible, King James Version (KJV), Old and New Testaments. Links from The Urantia Book go to this King James Bible Version. The symbol for an Old Testament link is ✡ and for a New Testament link is †.
• The Bible (RSV) —
The Bible, Revised Standard Version (RSV), Old and New Testaments.
• The Apocrypha (KJV) —
King James Version is indicated by the symbol ⊕.
• The Apocrypha (RSV) —
Revised Standard Version.
• The Book of Enoch —
Full text with links to The Urantia Book through the symbol ✠. This ancient text is referred to in The Urantia Book as:
“...Jesus found a passage in the so-called Book of Enoch which influenced him in the later adoption of the term
“Son of Man” as a
designation for his bestowal mission on Urantia.”126:3.6
The symbol ∞, found in these scripture files, links back into The Urantia Book where that particular scripture is referenced.
The Paramony
The Bible, the scriptural foundation of Christianity and of Western Civilization, is the source of spiritual uplift to hundreds of millions of the followers of Jesus... with The Urantia Book like a powerful tributary flowing into the river of Christian thought.
The Paramony, by Duane L. Faw, helps identify and locate parallel material treated in both The Urantia Book and in Scripture, facilitating comparison of their theological similarities and enriching the beautiful messages of both sources.
The Paramony is an essential reference tool for students of either work, illuminating the web of relationships that connect these two magnificent books.
The Paramony is organized in the paragraph sequence of The Urantia Book, identifying corresponding Scriptural and Urantia Book references.
In this study edition there are approximately 14,000 Paramony references linking The Urantia Book and Scripture. Also provided here are two additional formats for the references in The Paramony:
To review where the admonition to "Fear not" can be found in both Scripture and in The Urantia Book, use the Topical Keyword Reference and locate "Fear not". There are 11 Biblical references.
• Scriptural references — Scriptural references to keywords grouped by book of the Bible relate to concepts in The Urantia Book.
To study where the book of Daniel relates to The Urantia Book, open the Scriptural Reference and click Daniel in the index.
The Workbooks of Dr. William Sadler, MD.
This study edition contains provides access to the 8 workbooks of Dr. Sadler’s in-depth study of The Urantia book and the Bible.
The Urantia Book Workbooks contain links to The Urantia Book and can be studied on their own. Urantia Book links to the workbooks are indicated by the symbol Ψ.
To study Dr. Sadler's comments on the miracle of the healing of the paralytic select the workbooks, volume 4 "Jesus � The Bible and The Urantia Book", The Miracles, and #11 Healing the Paralytic.
Both a subjective and literal index, this topical index to The Urantia Book has over 35,000 entries with more than 46,000 links to The Urantia Book.
To read what The Urantia Book has to say about Hinduism and the Hindu religion, select "H" and scroll down; there are 11 topical entries and 12 links into the book.
A chronology of more than 500 dates with nearly 1600 links make up this timeline. Links from The Urantia Book to the timeline are indicated by the symbol Σ.
Many of the names and terms used in The Urantia Book are not yet found in dictionaries. This guide shows how words are to be pronounced in American English.