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• Biblical ChronologyBible

  Biblical chronology is the reconstruction of when the events recorded in the Bible took place and when its figures lived, based on numbers in the biblical text and historical sources from the ancient Near East. The term also refers to the timelines produced by this work.

• Valley of SaltBible

  The Valley of Salt was a valley in the south of Judah, on the border with Edom. In the Bible it appears as the battlefield where Israel won major victories over Edom in the time of David and in the reign of Amaziah king of Judah.

• ManuscriptBible

  A manuscript is a book or document copied by hand from an original. None of the original documents of the Bible survive, and modern Bibles are translated from texts established by comparing manuscripts from many periods.

• AramaicBible

  Aramaic was the language of the ancient Arameans and served as the common language of the Near East during the Assyrian and Persian periods. Portions of Ezra and Daniel in the Old Testament were written in it, and it is widely regarded as the language Jesus spoke in everyday life.

• Tel Dan SteleHistory

  The Tel Dan Stele consists of fragments of a ninth-century BC Aramaic stone inscription discovered in 1993–1994 at Tel Dan in northern Israel. It is widely accepted as the earliest extrabiblical source containing the phrase "House of David."

• Oxyrhynchus PapyriHistory

  The Oxyrhynchus Papyri are a large body of papyrus documents excavated from the late nineteenth century onward from the rubbish mounds of the ancient Egyptian city of Oxyrhynchus. They include New Testament manuscripts and Greek fragments of the Gospel of Thomas, among other texts.

• MalchijahPeople

  Malchijah is a Hebrew name borne by several different people in the Old Testament books of 1 Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah, and Jeremiah. Nehemiah 3 names three men called Malchijah who took part in rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem.

• DispensationalismDoctrine & Theology

  Dispensationalism is a theological system that reads biblical history as a series of "dispensations" (economies) through which God deals with humanity, and that distinguishes between Israel and the church. It originated in nineteenth-century Britain and has also significantly shaped the understanding of the end times in Korean churches.

• ShelomithPeople

  Shelomith is a Hebrew name in the Old Testament borne by several different people recorded in Leviticus, Chronicles, and Ezra. The name was used for both men and women.

• Documentary HypothesisDoctrine & Theology

  The Documentary Hypothesis is a theory in Old Testament scholarship holding that the Pentateuch is not the work of a single author but a compilation of several source documents written separately in different periods.

• The Korean Church and ShamanismHistory

  This article examines the relationship between Korean Protestantism and shamanism (musok). Protestants confronted shamanism in the early missionary period, indigenization theology later studied it, and critics have continued to attribute prosperity-oriented faith in Korean churches to shamanistic influence.

• Choi Byung-hunPeople

  Choi Byung-hun (1858–1927) was a Korean Methodist minister and theologian active during the Korean Empire and the Japanese colonial period. His pen name was Taksa. He is known for writings such as *Seongsan myeonggyeong*, which explained Christianity by comparing it with Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism.

• Chung Kyung-okPeople

  Chung Kyung-ok (1903–1945) was a Korean Methodist minister and theologian during the Japanese colonial period. He taught systematic theology at the Methodist Theological Seminary and wrote An Introduction to Christian Theology (1939), which is regarded as the first scholarly introduction to systematic theology in Korea.

• Short-Term MissionsChristian Life

  Short-term missions are trips in which church members travel to domestic or overseas mission fields, for periods ranging from a few days to several weeks and in longer cases one to two years, to assist local churches and to engage in evangelism and service. In Korean churches the practice is also widely known as a "vision trip."

• Acts of the ApostlesBible

  The Acts of the Apostles is the fifth book of the New Testament. It records how, after the ascension of Jesus Christ and with the coming of the Holy Spirit, the church began in Jerusalem and spread as far as Rome.

• The Sabbath and the Lord's DayControversies

  A discussion of whether Christians should observe the seventh-day (Saturday) Sabbath or the first-day (Sunday) Lord's Day, and whether the Lord's Day should be kept in the manner of the Old Testament Sabbath.

• The Church and PoliticsControversies

  The question of how the church and individual Christians should engage in politics. Views differ on the meaning of the separation of church and state, the boundary between preaching and political speech, and the proper forms of the church's social engagement.

• The March First Movement and ChristianityHistory

  The March First Movement and Christianity examines the role Protestantism played in Korea's March First Movement of 1919. Protestants accounted for 16 of the 33 National Representatives, and churches and Christian schools served as bases from which the independence demonstrations spread across the country.

• Schisms in the Korean Presbyterian ChurchHistory

  The schisms in the Korean Presbyterian Church were the divisions of the once-unified Presbyterian Church in Korea during the 1950s into the Kosin, Kijang, Tonghap, and Hapdong bodies. The disputes concerned the handling of Shinto shrine worship, views of Scripture, and membership in the World Council of Churches (WCC). Further divisions into numerous denominations followed.

• The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day SaintsHeresies & Cults

  The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is a religious organization founded by Joseph Smith in the United States in 1830 and commonly known as the Mormon Church. It accepts the Book of Mormon as scripture alongside the Bible. In South Korea, the Presbyterian Church of Korea (Tonghap), the Korean Methodist Church, the Presbyterian Church in Korea (Hapshin), and other denominations have declared it heretical.