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• Neo-Babylonian Empire

  The Neo-Babylonian Empire was a Mesopotamian state founded by Nabopolassar in 626 BC and conquered by Cyrus of Persia in 539 BC. In the Bible it appears as "Babylon," the power that destroyed Judah and carried its people into captivity.

• Canaan

  Canaan is the land lying between the eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River. It is the "Promised Land" that God pledged to give to Abraham and his descendants, and it is the principal setting of Old Testament Israel's history.

• The Nations

  *Yeolbang* (列邦), meaning "many nations," is the Korean biblical term for the nations: the peoples and countries outside Israel, referred to collectively. It is closely tied to the biblical theme that God's salvation extends to all peoples.

• Kim Jae-jun

  Kim Jae-jun (金在俊, 1901–1987) was a Korean Presbyterian minister and progressive theologian whose pen name was Changgong (長空). He played a central role in founding Chosun Theological Seminary (now Hanshin University) and in forming the Presbyterian Church in the Republic of Korea, and he also took part in the democratization movement.

• Jürgen Moltmann

  Jürgen Moltmann (1926–2024) was a German Protestant systematic theologian. Known for Theology of Hope and The Crucified God, he is regarded as one of the leading theologians of the late twentieth century.

• Song Chang-geun

  Song Chang-geun (宋昌根, 1898–?), whose pen name was Manu (晩雨), was a Presbyterian minister and theologian. He led the founding of Chosun Theological Seminary (now Hanshin University) and was abducted to North Korea during the Korean War.

• William D. Reynolds

  William Davis Reynolds (1867–1951), known in Korea as Yi Nul-seo, was a missionary of the Southern Presbyterian Church in the United States. He took part in translating the Bible into Korean for forty-three years and taught systematic theology at Pyongyang Presbyterian Theological Seminary.

• Clement Owen

  Clement Owen (1867–1909) was an ordained minister and medical missionary sent to Korea by the Southern Presbyterian Church in the United States. His Korean name was O Gi-won. Based mainly in Mokpo and Gwangju, he carried out medical mission work and itinerant evangelism in South Jeolla Province.

• Moon Jae-rin

  Moon Jae-rin (文在麟, 1896–1985) was a Presbyterian minister. Raised in Myeongdong Village in North Jiandao, he served as senior pastor of Yongjeong Central Church, and after moving to South Korea in 1946 he devoted himself to the lay movement. He was the father of the ministers Moon Ik-hwan and Moon Dong-hwan.

• Shinar

  Shinar is an Old Testament place name for southern Mesopotamia, the region where Babylon later stood. It is best known as the setting of the Tower of Babel narrative.

• Arphaxad

  Arphaxad was the son of Shem, the son of Noah. In the genealogies of Genesis he is one link in the line running from Shem to Abraham, and his name also appears in the genealogy of Jesus in the Gospel of Luke.

• Sheba

  In the Old Testament, Sheba is the name of a nation in Arabia and of its people. It is portrayed as a wealthy, distant land to the south that traded in gold and frankincense, and it is best known as the kingdom of the Queen of Sheba, who visited Solomon.

• Hivites

  In the Old Testament, the Hivites are presented as descendants of Canaan and as one of the so-called "seven nations" that inhabited the land of Canaan before Israel entered it. The people of Shechem and Gibeon are identified as Hivites.

• Dedan

  Dedan is the name of a people and a place in northwestern Arabia mentioned in the Old Testament. It first appears as a personal name in the genealogies of Genesis, and in the prophetic books it appears as a place known for its caravan trade.

• Calah

  Calah is an ancient city in the land of Assyria mentioned alongside Nineveh in Genesis 10. Its Akkadian name was Kalhu, and its site is identified with the ruins of Nimrud in northern Iraq.

• Plain of Shinar

  The plain of Shinar is the land in the Old Testament where Babel and the Tower of Babel were built. It is generally identified with southern Mesopotamia, the region later known as Babylonia.

• Son Yang-won

  Son Yang-won (1902–1950) was a Korean Presbyterian minister. He was imprisoned for refusing the Japanese colonial government's compulsory Shinto shrine worship and ministered to people with Hansen's disease at Aeyangwon in Yeosu. He adopted the man who had killed his two sons and was executed during the Korean War.

• Lampstand

  The lampstand was a furnishing of pure gold that stood in the Holy Place of the tabernacle and the temple. It had a single central shaft with six branches and held seven lamps. In Hebrew it is called the menorah.

• William Miller

  William Miller (1782–1849) was an American Baptist lay preacher who, on the basis of calculations drawn from the prophecies of Daniel, proclaimed that Christ would return in 1843–1844. He was the central figure of the nineteenth-century Advent movement and of the Great Disappointment.

• Hezron

  Hezron, the son of Perez and grandson of Judah, is an Old Testament figure whose name appears in the genealogies of David and of Jesus Christ. The clan of the Hezronites within the tribe of Judah takes its name from him.