The Korean Catholic Bible (
Korean
Korean may refer to:
People and culture
* Koreans, ethnic group originating in the Korean Peninsula
* Korean cuisine
* Korean culture
* Korean language
**Korean alphabet, known as Hangul or Chosŏn'gŭl
**Korean dialects and the Jeju language
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: 한국 가톨릭 성경, ''Hangug Gatollig Seonggyeong''), or Holy Bible (
Korean
Korean may refer to:
People and culture
* Koreans, ethnic group originating in the Korean Peninsula
* Korean cuisine
* Korean culture
* Korean language
**Korean alphabet, known as Hangul or Chosŏn'gŭl
**Korean dialects and the Jeju language
** ...
: 성경, ''Seong-gyeong''), is the Korean language
Bible
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used by Korean
Catholics
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This version is the standard Bible for the Roman Catholic Church in Korea since 2005, replacing the Common Translation Bible.
History
In 1988, the New Bible Translation Project was constituted by the Catholic Bishop’s Conference of Korea. The new translation begun in 1989 and completed in late 2002. In 2005, the Korean Catholic Bible was released to the public through 17-year efforts which original texts(the Hebrew Bible and Greek Old/New Testaments) are fully translated into modern Korean.
* Texts Sources (
OT:
Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia
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Apocrypha
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Septuagint
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NT:
UBS
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Greek New Testament 4th Edition)
See also
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Bible translations
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Bible translations into Korean
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Christianity in South Korea
The practice of Christianity in Korea is marginal in North Korea, but significant in South Korea, where it revolves around two of its largest branches, Protestantism and Catholicism, accounting for 8.6 millionAccording to figures compiled by ...
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Catholic Church in South Korea
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References
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External links
Full text of the Korean Catholic Bible (2005)(CBCK website)
2005 books
2005 in Christianity
Christianity in South Korea