Study Aids

Search Engines & Translations

Search engines

Creating a search engine for The Urantia Book, better than what is already out there, has not been a priority. Recommendations:

Urantia Book Fellowship: This search engine features a two column format that allows linking to the text from the search list.

Rene Ertzinger: An artisan and master website designer, Rene built a beautiful search engine site—UBook4u.com. It features a wider range of functionality, including the ability to exclude words from a search. For some topics, this can help narrow the field considerably.

Tigran Aivazian: Combining a search engine, translations, and annotations, this 6-column format allows for 4 side-by-side translations, plus a column for searches, and one for study notes. This is an especially robust search engine. See comparison chart.

Translations

Tigran Aivazian: Combining translations with annotations, this 6-column format allows for 4 side-by-side translations, plus a column for searches, and one for study notes. At last count, it had 18 translations, plus multiple versions of some languages.

Urantia Foundation: At the top of the page, two rows of language buttons provide easy access to the translation efforts. For the widest range of translations, go to the Urantia Foundation website.

Urantia Book Fellowship: The 2-column format is easy on the eyes and also provides special features for downloading.

Other UB Scholars

Tigran Aivazian has degrees in Theoretical Physics and Computer Science. His contributions in a British Study Edition with metric conversions, plus other study aids and a cache of historical Bible translations.

Matthew Block has been doing human source material research for 30+ years. Additionally, he works with Saskia Raevouri on their SquareCircles project, which offers a wide range of study aids and features publications related to the origins of The Urantia Book.

Phil Calabrese has a Ph.D. in mathematics. Best known for his Null Hypothesis approach to how new discoveries and scientific advances increasingly support UB history, his contributions include numerous other efforts. Phil’s Null Hypothesis presentation at IC05 helped inspire the launch of the UBtheNEWS project.

Chris Halvorson has a Ph.D. in physics and has been a reader since 1990. His contributions are ongoing and wide ranging.

Ernest Moyer presented research and perspectives on a wide variety of Urantia Book related topics, published numerous books, and had a website. Notable contributions are in the area of prophecy and history of the Urantia movement.

David Neufer began his study of The Urantia Book in 1975. In 2008, he created a Urantia almanac project and hosts a website to present the study aids.

Nigel Nunn studied mathematics and astrophysics and has made contributions in this area, along with outreach/introduction efforts that are more philosophical and historical in nature. He presented at the Foundation’s 2016 Science Symposium.

Saskia Raevouri has been involved for decades with researching and publishing books, especially related the origins of The Urantia Book. She works cooperatively on the SquareCircles study aid project with Matthew Block, which features a wide range of study aid materials.

Dick Reim, who is now retired, has been a reader since 1981. He worked as an electrical engineer for a major defense contractor for 35 years. He presented at the Foundation’s 2016 Science Symposium.

The Urantia Book: Past & Present

Abridged version

No human being claims to have written, channeled, or otherwise generated the text of The Urantia Book. The text says the authors were not human. In 2001, a lawsuit over the copyright denied the Urantia Foundation’s assertion of copyright protection. Consequently, the text is now in the public domain.

Two organizations, designed and intended to work harmoniously together, were created in the 1950’s—a publisher and a social group. Now there are two organizations acting in both of these capacities. And the name of the original social organization—Urantia Brotherhood—is no longer used.

History of The Urantia Book