Paper 129 Paper 131
Map: April 26, 22 A.D. to January 1, 23 A.D.
See Etymology of Coined Terminology.
Introduction
Section 1: At Joppa — Discourse on Jonah
Section 2: At Caesarea
p8: transmigration See Topical Study page: Reincarnation.
Section 3: At Alexandria
p4: metric conversion: “. . . broad avenue, 30 m wide and 8 km long, which stretched . . .”
Section 4: Discourse on Reality
Section 5: On the Island of Crete
p3: See Topical Study: Impatient Impatiently Impatience.
Section 6: The Young Man Who was Afraid
p6: Simon of Cyrene: See Wikipedia: Simon of Cyrene.
Simon of Cyrene: See 187:1.9,10.
Section 7: At Carthage — Discourse on Time and Space
p6: the only thing man knows which can even partially transcend space is mind: This would directly contradict the statement at 12:5.5, if one does not take into account what is said in the cross-references note below.
Tigran Aivazian annotation: seven different conceptions of space: These seven dimensions of space are the same as the seven dimensions of human type of personality as explained in 112:1.9. The perception of the seven dimensions of space is in principle achievable even on the material level of existence, despite the claim of human mind being “rigidly space-bound” in 12:5.5. There is no real contradiction between what the Perfector of Wisdom is teaching us in Paper 12 and what Jesus is teaching the Mithraic mystic at Carthage, as long as we understand that the angelic teachings are usually very basic, whereas Jesus is here addressing a highly advanced individual.
p6,8: The introduction to William C. Daywitt’s paper “Similarities Between the Dirac-Inspired Planck Vacuum Theory and the Urantia-Book Papers’ Concept of the Vacuum State” reads: “The Planck vacuum (PV) theory defines the vacuum state as a degenerate, negative-energy collection of Planck particles that interacts with free-space particles to generate the various equations of modern fundamental physics. And although the theory is not yet in the theoretical mainstream, the present author believes it to be the model that best represents the current approximation to the physical scheme of things. The success of the theory is due in part to its replacing three important secondary constants (G, ̄h, α) with two more-fundamental constants (e∗, m∗) in the various equations. In contrast to the PV model, the Urantia-Book (UB) Papers define a set of two fundamental energy states which will be referred to here as the UB vacuum (UBV). Similarities between these two descriptions of the vacuum state, the PV and the UBV, will be explored below.”
Section 8: On the Way to Naples and Rome
p4: See cross-reference study: Normal Minded.
Additional notes:
Matthew Block suggests that the following authors were influential in writing of this Paper and has prepared a parallel chart:
(1) George Adam Smith, D.D., LL.D., Litt.D., Atlas of the Historical Geography of the Holy Land (London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1915) Hathi Trust Digital Library copy. Wikipedia page: Smith.
(2) “Joppa,” by R. A. S. Macalister, in Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible, edited by James Hastings, D.D. (New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1909) Hathi Trust Digital Library copy.
(3) “Dorcas,” by A. J. Maclean, in Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible, edited by James Hastings, D.D. (New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1909) Hathi Trust Digital Library copy.
(4) “Cæsarea,” by G. A. Frank Knight, in Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible, edited by James Hastings, D.D. (New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1909) Hathi Trust Digital Library copy.
(5) Ralph Tyler Flewelling, Creative Personality: A Study in Philosophical Reconciliation (New York: The Macmillan Company, 1926) Hathi Trust Digital Library copy. Wikipedia page: Flewelling.
(6) “Alexandria,” by G. A. Frank Knight, in Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible, edited by James Hastings, D.D. (New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1909) Hathi Trust Digital Library copy.
(7) 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.
(8) “Crete, Cretans,” by A. Souter, in Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible, edited by James Hastings, D.D. (New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1909) Hathi Trust Digital Library copy.
(9) Dr. William S. Sadler, Soul Winning Texts, or Bible Helps for Personal Work (Chicago: The Central Bible Supply Company, 1909) Wikipedia page: Sadler.
(10) “Rufus,” by A. J. Maclean, in Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible, edited by James Hastings, D.D. (New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1909) Hathi Trust Digital Library copy.
(11) William S. Sadler, M.D., Worry and Nervousness, or The Science of Self-Mastery (Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co., 1914)