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Korean Bible Society
The Korean Bible Society is a nondenominational, nonprofit Protestant foundation in South Korea that translates, publishes, and distributes the Bible. It originated in 1895 as the Korea branch of the British and Foreign Bible Society and is a member of the United Bible Societies.
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- Common Translation BibleBible
The Common Translation Bible is a Korean Bible translated from the original languages by Catholic and Protestant scholars working together and published in 1977. It was issued by the Korean Bible Society.
- Korean Revised VersionBible
The Korean Revised Version (Gaeyeok Hangeul) is the common short name for the Holy Bible, Korean Revised Version, published by the Korean Bible Society in 1961. Until the New Korean Revised Version appeared in 1998, it was the standard Korean-language Bible used by most Protestant denominations in Korea.
- New Korean Revised Version (Gaeyeok Gaejeong)Bible
The New Korean Revised Version (Gaeyeok Gaejeong) is a Korean translation of the Bible published by the Korean Bible Society in 1998 as a revision of the Korean Revised Version (Gaeyeok Hangeul). Today most Korean Protestant denominations use it as their Bible for worship.
- Bible Translation DebateControversies
The Bible translation debate, as discussed among Korean Protestants, concerns which Korean translation of the Bible should be used in worship and personal Bible reading, and how the original texts should be rendered. Views on the New Korean Revised Version, the Revised New Korean Standard Version, and the Saehangeul Bible differ by denomination and by generation.
- Revised New Korean Standard Version (Saebeonyeok)Bible
The Revised New Korean Standard Version (Saebeonyeok) is a Korean translation of the Bible published by the Korean Bible Society in 1993 as the New Korean Standard Version (Pyojun Saebeonyeok) and revised in 2001. It aimed to render the meaning of the original texts in plain, contemporary Korean.
- Bible SundayFeasts & Seasons
Bible Sunday is a Sunday set aside to reflect on the value of Scripture and to pray and give offerings for the translation and distribution of the Bible. In Korea, churches observe it each year on the second Sunday of December, with the Korean Bible Society leading the observance.
- Jehovah's WitnessesHeresies & Cults
Jehovah's Witnesses are a religious organization that grew out of a Bible study group begun in the United States in the late nineteenth century by Charles Taze Russell. The group rejects the Trinity, and several Korean Protestant denominations have formally declared it heretical.
- Seoul Theological UniversityInstitutions
Seoul Theological University is a private theological university in Bucheon, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea, affiliated with the Korea Evangelical Holiness Church. It traces its origins to a Bible institute founded in Seoul in 1911 by the Oriental Missionary Society.
- Korean Bible TranslationHistory
Korean Bible translation is the history of rendering the Bible into Korean, a work that began in Manchuria and Japan in the late nineteenth century. The first complete translation of both the Old and New Testaments, the Syeonggyeong Jeonseo, appeared in 1911. This translation was carried forward in the Revised Version, the Korean Revised Version, and the New Korean Revised Version.
- Bible TranslationsBible
A Bible translation renders the original Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek texts of Scripture into another language. Translations differ in how closely they follow the wording of the original or render its meaning in natural modern language. Korean churches use several Korean translations, including the New Korean Revised Version, the New Korean Standard Version, the Common Translation, and the Easy Bible.
- Bread (Bible)Bible
In the Bible, bread is a baked food made from kneaded grain flour. It was a staple food and a sign of God's provision, and in the New Testament it is connected with Jesus as the bread of life and with the Lord's Supper.
- Peace Offering and PropitiationBible
The peace offering of the Old Testament book of Leviticus and the New Testament presentation of Christ as the offering that deals with sin are distinct biblical concepts. The New Korean Revised Version of the Bible renders both with a single term, although the original-language words behind the two uses differ.
- TetragrammatonBible
The Tetragrammaton is the set of four Hebrew consonants (YHWH) that form the personal name of the God of Israel in the Old Testament. Korean Bible translations render it variously as "Jehovah," "Yahweh," or "Lord."
- TetragrammatonBible
The Tetragrammaton is the term for the four Hebrew consonants (יהוה, YHWH) that spell the proper name of God in the Old Testament. Among Korean Bible translations, the New Korean Revised Version renders this name as "Yeohowa" (Jehovah).
- Wilderness of Sin and Wilderness of ZinBible
The Old Testament mentions two distinct wildernesses whose Hebrew names differ: the Wilderness of Sin (Hebrew *Sin*) near Mount Sinai, where the manna fell, and the Wilderness of Zin (Hebrew *Tsin*) near Kadesh on the southern border of Canaan. The Korean New Korean Revised Version renders both with the same name.
- AristobulusPeople
Aristobulus was a man in Rome whom the apostle Paul mentions in the greetings of Romans 16 in the phrase "Aristobulus' household." Nothing is recorded about the man himself; the greeting is addressed to the members of his household.
- Only Begotten SonBible
"Only begotten Son" is a title used in the Gospel of John and the First Epistle of John to designate Jesus Christ as the unique Son of God.
- GogPeople
Gog is the figure prophesied in Ezekiel 38–39 as the leader of an army that comes from the north against Israel in the last days. In Revelation 20, "Gog and Magog" serves as a name for the nations that oppose God.
- LamentationsBible
Lamentations is a book of the Old Testament that collects five laments, poems of grief mourning the destruction of Jerusalem and its temple by the Babylonians.