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Bible Translation Debate
[Controversies]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.
Korean Bible Translation
[History]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 Translations
[Bible]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.
Geneva Bible
[Bible]The Geneva Bible is an English Bible published in 1560 in Geneva, Switzerland, by English Protestant exiles. Widely read for its verse numbering and extensive marginal notes (commentary printed alongside the text), it was the most popular Bible in the English-speaking world before the King James Version.
Peshitta
[Bible]The Peshitta is a translation of the Bible into Syriac, a branch of Aramaic. The Eastern churches that carry on the Syriac tradition still use it today as their standard Bible.
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.
Old Latin Version
[Bible]The Old Latin version (Latin: Vetus Latina) is the collective term for the various Latin translations of the Bible used in the Western church from around the second century, before the appearance of Jerome's Vulgate.
Henry Appenzeller
[People]Henry Appenzeller (1858–1902) was an American missionary of the Methodist Episcopal Church (North) who arrived in Korea, then the Joseon kingdom, in 1885. He founded Paichai Hakdang and Chungdong First Methodist Church and took part in Bible translation. He died in 1902 in a shipwreck off Eocheongdo Island.
Textual Criticism
[Doctrine & Theology]Textual criticism is the discipline of comparing and examining biblical manuscripts, which differ slightly from one another, in order to recover the form closest to the text as originally written. It is foundational to Bible translation and exegesis.
Erasmus
[People]Erasmus (c. 1466–1536) was a Dutch Catholic priest and humanist scholar. In 1516 he produced the first printed Greek New Testament to be published and circulated, a work that profoundly influenced the Reformation and Bible translation.
Exodus 3:12–15
[Bible Verses]In this passage God, speaking from the burning bush at Mount Horeb, promises Moses that He will be with him and reveals the names "I AM THAT I AM" and "Jehovah" (YHWH). As a central text on the name and being of God, it is frequently discussed in theology and in debates over Bible translation.
Only Begotten Son
[Bible]"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.
Gog
[People]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.
Tabernacle
[Bible]The Tabernacle was the portable tent of worship that the people of Israel built in the wilderness after the Exodus, following God's instructions. It was regarded as the place where God dwelt among His people, and it served as the center of Israel's worship until the Temple in Jerusalem was built.
Vocation
[Doctrine & Theology]Vocation is the Protestant theological understanding that regards as God's calling not only the path of pastors and missionaries but also the work by which Christians earn their living and the settings of their everyday lives.
Common Translation Bible
[Bible]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.
Moon Ik-hwan
[People]Moon Ik-hwan (1918–1994) was a minister of the Presbyterian Church in the Republic of Korea, an Old Testament scholar, and a poet. His pen name was Neutbom ("Late Spring"). He oversaw the Old Testament translation of the Common Translation Bible. He was imprisoned several times for his role in the democratization movement of the 1970s and 1980s and in the reunification movement, including his 1989 visit to North Korea.
Bible Sunday
[Feasts & 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.
Bishops' Bible
[Bible]The Bishops' Bible is an English Bible published in 1568 by the Church of England under the direction of Matthew Parker, Archbishop of Canterbury. It served as the base text for the translation of the King James Bible in 1611.
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.