I am really wanting to look over the NT before I decide to buy it or spend the money on other books I want. However, I am a brand new member of the forum and they won't let me PM anyone or access their profiles for the first 30 days. Once my "probation" is done I will PM you and request that PDF, if that would be OK. Or you can get my email address from my profile. I thank you Doug for your kind and generous offer.
Welcome to the forum. If you go back to the start of this thread, you can find the website where the text is available. You can browse it and then send for the NT.
Actually, the text is no longer available on the website. The link still exists, but it is dead. Now they are offering a download of part of the OT book of Zephaniah.
Since I have been unable to get a copy of the NT pdf to peruse, can anyone who has the EOB NT tell me how they use it? Is it appropriate for devotional reading as well as for study? I am on a fixed income and money for books is limited and there are many good books out there I want so I need to be discriminating in my purchases.
Christ is Risen, I am looking for the Old Testament Eastern / Greek Orthodox Bible, the modern English translation of the Holy Scriptures based on the Greek text of the Old Testament (Septuagint / LXX). How can I get it? Thank you.
Yes, the 2008 edition of the Orthodox Study bible does have both Psalm 151 and the full OT book listing. Attached is their sources for the content and translations.
FYI: There appear to be two different Orthodox editions of the Bible under discussion here:
- The Orthodox Study Bible (OSB) is well-known and easily obtainable in several editions. It uses the NKJV as its base text. The NT with Psalms was published in 1993, and the full Bible in 2008. It has been enthusiastically received by Orthodox, Catholic and other Christians and is especially respected for the numerous footnotes providing an Orthodox / Eastern Christian perspective on the Holy Scriptures. It minimally updates the NKJV for the Septuagint OT and appears to mostly keep the NKVJ for the NT. The most noticeable changes are to the Psalter (2008 edition, since the 1993 edition uses the NKJV Psalter).
- The Eastern Orthodox Bible (EOB) was published in 2007 with the blessing of the late Archbishop Vsevolod of Scopelos (Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA, Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople). The base text of the Old Testament appears to be that of Sir Lancelot Charles Lee Brenton, published in 1844. It contains numerous updates to match Vaticanus and the Patriarchal Text of the Septuagint. The New Testament is based on the 1904 Patriarchal Text. I read portions of the Old Testament and all of the New Testament, though that's years ago now. The Old Testament reads much like a modernized Brenton (if you haven't see it think KJV, or the NKJV). The New Testament reads much like a modern KJV, or the NKJV). But with numerous updates. There are several changes to standard translations found in most Bibles that stick out.
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