The Untold Story of Jesus: A Modern Biography from The Urantia Book Hardcover – 20 Jun. 2019

I am a fairly new reader of the Urantia Book and so was interesting in this new Book, The Untold Story of Jesus, which is an abridged version of Part IV of the Urantia Book, which deals with the life of Jesus here on Earth. Now I have to be honest here and say that though I read the Urantia Book, I am not a follower or devotee of it. I just find it a fascinating (and sometimes vary difficult) book to read. For me the Bible is the only authority on the life of Jesus, and anything else is, as far as I am concerned, pure speculation. However, it is an interesting read and so this new book piqued my interest.The first thing I thought as I opened the box containing this book was “Wow, this is a beautiful book!”, and indeed it is. It has 340+ pages on a good quality, thick glossy paper, and over 100 beautiful paintings of art within its pages. The binding is good quality and has a convenient read fabric ribbon sewn into the spine as a bookmark. You can tell that a lot of care and attention was put into this book.As for the contents: You get a preface, the (abridged) text of Part IV of the Urantia Book, dealing with the life of Jesus, conclusion, a time line of the life of Jesus, Bible and Urantia Book references, and a glossary of Urantia Book terms.The stories within can seem quite fantastic, and in my view, takes a lot of liberties in describing the life of Jesus as a child, teenager, schoolboy and young adult. But still, it is a fascinating read. Readers of the Urantia Book will be well aware of the life of Jesus according to the Urantia Book, but to those, like me, who only take the Bible as authority on the life of Jesus, it can seem vary strange reading. The Urantia Book, it is claimed, was provided to the English-speaking nations by divine beings, angels if you like, via what I would describe as a “conduit”, a person who was used by them to channel all this information.So, in summary; it’s a beautifully made book, fascinating to read whether you believe it to be divinely narrated or simply a ficitonal book written by some chap over a period of about 20 years.