TY  - JOUR
ID  - 1353
UR  - https://bahai-library.com/uhj_research_department_etymologies
WT  - Baha'i Library Online
T1  - Research Department, Functions of; Etymologies of three terms
T2  - 
JF  - Bahá'í Studies Bulletin
JA  - BSB
A1  - Research Department of the Universal House of Justice
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Y1  - 1992
Y2  - 1988/09/25
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SP  - 80
EP  - 85
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PB  - 
CY  - 
M1  - BH00028; AB02513; AB02513
M3  - UHJ-letters; Translations
SN  - 
LA  - English
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DO  - 
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U3  - 
AB  - Two questions: (1) what is the function of the Research Department, and (2) etymologies of the three terms "world of exemplars," "'álam," and "barzakh." Includes translated excerpts of tablets of Bahá'u'lláh and Abdu'l-Bahá.
N1  - The (unattributed) extracts below are from 
C1  - Formatted 1998 by Jonah Winters;  Proofread 1998 by Doris Carnes.
KW  - Alam-i-Mithal (World of images)
KW  - Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of
KW  - Barzakh
KW  - Cosmology
KW  - Foundations of World Unity (book)
KW  - God, Worlds of
KW  - Intermediary realm
KW  - Promulgation of Universal Peace (book)
KW  - Research Department, Questions and answers
KW  - Two seas
KW  - Universal House of Justice, Research Department
KW  - Varqá, Mírzá `Alí-Muhammad
KW  - Words and phrases
KW  - `Abdu'l-Bahá, Writings and talks of
ER  -