The Sub-Urtext Concordance [now included on Condordance CD]
When this project began, we set out to proof the HLC text first. That project is now completed.
There were other manuscripts pre-dating the 1975 edit which became available in late 2000. Although
these documents are called the “Urtext” Text, Workbook, and Manual, I don’t know of anyone
who actually believes they are Bill Thetford’s original typescripts. They are almost certainly
Helen’s re-typing of the original “Urtext” with some editing changes. Precisely how many is
impossible to determine until we can compare them to the original material. Because it is not
the “Urtext” but is earlier than the HLC, we’re calling it the “Sub-Urtext”. It is the same
material widely, but mistakenly being called simply Urtext.
However, the material is still considerably earlier and significantly different than previously
published ACIM material. In the case of the early chapters of the Text, it is very much larger
even than the HLC, and includes a large amount of fascinating additional “ACIM Scribing.”
We have just begun the proofreading of the Urtext. For that process we required a Web
concordance and so made one. It has the unique feature of permitting the user to display each
page of the original manuscript individually while scrolling through the text. The purpose is,
of course, for comparison. As with the HLC Audio, which was made for proofreading only,
we are aware that the currently available material, despite being unproofed and far from
perfect, will be of use to some students. We’ve therefore chosen to make it available “as it.”
The text is not proofed and is known to have many errors, especially where the HLC and the
Sub-Ur differ. It appears that after the first few chapters, those who compiled the text document
simply copied the HLC and didn’t proofread it very carefully. ACIM has been plagued from
the beginning by a lack of proofreading!!
By adding the instant reference to the original photocopies, however, the user can check anything
that has been looked up to find out if the digital text is in fact the same as the original text!
While we eagerly await the day when we’ll have an ACCURATE Sub-Ur Concordance,
this is the best there is at the moment, and it’s far more useful than nothing!
Except for this additional feature of displaying each manuscript page, individually, and not including
any other volumes, it is substantially identical to the HLC Six Volume Concordance, including the
ability to view the entirety of the original photocopy, as well as one page at a time.
There is of course ALSO a “FULL ADSORDANCE” data file available for those with
the “Concordance” software from http://www.concordancesoftware.co.uk/
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