성경 – Korean Catholic Bible by Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Korea

성경 (Seonggyeong), the Korean Catholic Bible, is the official translation of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Korea. First published on 20 September 2005, it became the standard Bible of the Roman Catholic Church in Korea, replacing the earlier Common Translation. This copy carries the printed approval of the Bishops’ Conference dated 8 March 2005, signed by Archbishop Choi Chang-mu as president, and the ISBN 9788972283867.

This is a complete Korean Catholic Bible containing the Old and New Testaments, including the deuterocanonical books such as Tobit, Judith, Maccabees, Wisdom, Sirach and Baruch. The text is the modern Korean translation made directly from the Hebrew and Greek originals over a seventeen-year project.

This Korean Catholic Bible was compiled by the Bible Committee of the Bishops’ Conference and printed and bound by Bundo Publishing in Seoul.

Condition – Very Good

Semi-stiff leather-look covers with gilt lettering and blind-stamped cross on the front board and gilt title and emblem on the spine. The covers show moderate to heavy wear, especially along the top edge, where there is loss of the leather-look surface. The front free endpaper carries a prior ownership gift inscription in Korean ink, a handwritten verse from Joshua 1:9 with the giver’s name. The title page is slightly creased. The page edges are clean, the thumb index tabs are intact and the binding is sound.