Paper 120 Paper 122
See Etymology of Coined Terminology.
Introduction
p1: See Topical Study page: What does The Urantia Book say about its creation?
Section 1: The Occident of the First Century After Christ
Section 2: The Jewish People
p8: chosen people See cross-reference study: Chosen people.
p11: 2008 ScienceDaily articleNBC News article on the 2007 discovery of Herod’s tomb. on the discovery of Herod’s tomb.
Section 3: Among the Gentiles
Section 4: Gentile Philosophy
p6: common people See subtopic: “Were the Alpheus twins subnormal?” For the larger context into which this study falls, see the Topical Study: Genetic Introductions, Mutations, and Evolution: a Urantia Book perspective.
Section 5: The Gentile Religions
p6: common people See subtopic: “Were the Alpheus twins subnormal?” For the larger context into which this study falls, see the Topical Study: Genetic Introductions, Mutations, and Evolution: a Urantia Book perspective.
Section 6: The Hebrew Religion
p2: common people See subtopic: “Were the Alpheus twins subnormal?” For the larger context into which this study falls, see the Topical Study page: Genetic Introductions, Mutations, and Evolution: a Urantia Book perspective.
Section 7: Jews and Gentiles
p1: See the article “Why 1 & 2 Kings?” by Lester Grabbe, who founded and organized the European Seminar on Methodology in Israel’s History for 17 year.
origin, history, and destiny is only used twice. The other instance concerns problem solving; see (19:1.6).
p12: astronomy is mentioned seven times: (79:7.6), (81:2.9), (88:6.5), (102:4.6), (121:7.12), (123:6.6), and (150:3.3).
Section 8: Previous Written Records
p8: See Topical Study: Christ Michael and Jewish Messiah is a good start. See Christ Names in The Urantia Papers by Ernest Moyer.
p12-14: See Topical Study page: What does The Urantia Book say about its creation?
Additional notes:
Matthew Block suggests that the following authors were influential in writing of this Paper and has prepared a parallel chart:
(1) Harris Franklin Rall, Ph.D., New Testament History: A Study of the Beginnings of Christianity (New York: Abingdon Press, 1914) Hathi Trust Digital Library copy. Wikipedia page: Rall.
(2) S. Angus, M.A., Ph.D., The Environment of Early Christianity (New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1915) Hathi Trust Digital Library copy. Wikipedia page: Angus.
(3) Rev. Alfred Edersheim, M.A.Oxon., D.D., Ph.D., The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah, Eighth Edition (Volume One) (New York: Longmans, Green and Co., 1907) Hathi Trust Digital Library copy, V.1. Hathi Trust Digital Library copy, V.2.Wikipedia page: Edersheim.
(4) Benjamin Willard Robinson, Ph.D., The Sayings of Jesus: Their Background and Interpretation (New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1930)
(5) “Stoics,” by W. M. M<Donald, in Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible, edited by James Hastings, D.D. (New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1909)
(6) Alban G. Widgery, M.A., The Comparative Study of Religions: A Systematic Study (London: Williams & Norgate, 1923)
(7) John A. Scott, We Would Know Jesus (New York: The Abingdon Press, 1936)
(8) George A. Barton, Ph.D., LL.D., Jesus of Nazareth: A Biography (New York, The Macmillan Company, 1922) Hathi Trust Digital Library copy. Wikipedia page: Barton.
(9) Ernest Dewitt Burton and Shailer Mathews, Constructive Studies in the Life of Christ (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1900)
(10) David Smith, M.A., D.D., The Days of His Flesh: The Earthly Life of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, Eighth Edition, Revised (New York: Harper & Brothers, 1910)
(11) Ernest Findlay Scott, The Literature of the Old Testament (New York: Columbia Univeristy Press, 1932, 1936
(12) “Peter,” by David Smith, in Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible, edited by James Hastings, D.D. (New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1909)
(13) “Luke (Evangelist),” by A. J. Maclean, in Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible, edited by James Hastings, D.D. (New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1909)