Product Description

The FIRST EVER Orthodox Study Bible presents the Bible of the early church and the church of the early Bible.

Orthodox Christianity is the face of ancient Christianity to the modern world and embraces the second largest body of Christians in the world. In this first-of-its-kind study Bible, the Bible is presented with commentary from the ancient Christian perspective that speaks to those Christians who seek a deeper experience of the roots of their faith.

Features Include:

• Old Testament newly translated from the Greek text of the Septuagint, including the Deuterocanon
• New Testament from the New King James Version
• Commentary drawn from the early Church Christians
• Easy-to-Locate liturgical readings
• Book Introductions and Outlines
• Subject Index
• Full-color Icons
• Full-color Maps

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #19720 in Books
• Published on: 2008-06-17
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 1824 pages

Customer Reviews

Could have been better
Unfortunately, I am not pleased with this release of the Orthodox Study Bible. (And it's not because I also have translated the Greek Septuagint.)
My main reason is this:
The editors have totally renumbered the verses in the Old Testament, making it practically impossible to follow along and compare with other editions.
In my edition, I informed the readers that "The LXX omits this verse." This makes it easier to follow along, for the non-orthodox reader, who wants to compare this edition with what they are familiar with, to learn more about the Septuagint. Books like 1 Samuel now are virtually impossible to compare one translation with another.
Other than that, it is nice to have a contemporary Bible that uses the Greek Septuagint as the Old Testament text.

Christ is in our midst!
The publication of the complete Orthodox Study Bible is indeed a most important event for all English-speaking Eastern Orthodox and other Liturgical Christians of the One True Apostolic Tradition (Old Catholics, Roman Catholics - and the Eastern Churches in Communion with them, Independent Catholics, Anglicans/Episcopalians, etc.) The scholars involved in this project have obviously laboured long and hard, the resulting translation being reverent and literal, the notes informative, and the general presentation beautiful. As Metropolitan Archbishop of the Ancient Orthodox Eparchy of Maryland, I am well-pleased to give this edition of the Holy Bible my Most Sacred Patriarchal and Apostolic Benediction as well as my absolute highest praise and recommendation to all.

How Orthodoxy saved the world
The old testament portions of this book are especially a joy to read in modern American English. I am pleased that this group, in the spirit of Wycliffe, have endeavored to make this available to all readers. Orthodoxy has been long overdue for "their version of the Bible" and I hope this will impact all Christianity and becomes a "the version" to have in your library. With the comfort of rational translation of the original manuscripts you will spend countless hours enjoying this rendition.