The Eastern / Greek Orthodox Bible (EOB) is an incomplete
English language
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edition of the
Bible
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published and controlled by
Greek Orthodox
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Christians with limited
copyright
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control and within a collaborative framework, independent from non-Orthodox commercial publishers and benefiting from the input from Eastern Orthodox scholars and theologians.
Unlike other versions, the EOB provides over 200 pages of introductory material and appendices, including articles by the late
Protopresbyter
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George Florovsky
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Born in the Russian Empire, he spent his working life in Paris ...
and Miltiades Konstantinou of the
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
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. The main purpose of the EOB is to provide an accurate and easy-to-read English text of the Bible that is suitable for use by Orthodox Christian communities and individuals, while providing an outstanding text for scholars.
New Testament
The
New Testament
The New Testament grc, Ἡ Καινὴ Διαθήκη, transl. ; la, Novum Testamentum. (NT) is the second division of the Christian biblical canon. It discusses the teachings and person of Jesus, as well as events in first-century Christ ...
is completed and available. Its text is based on the official ecclesiastical text published in 1904 by the
Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople
The Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople ( el, Οἰκουμενικὸν Πατριαρχεῖον Κωνσταντινουπόλεως, translit=Oikoumenikón Patriarkhíon Konstantinoupóleos, ; la, Patriarchatus Oecumenicus Constanti ...
, while documenting all significant variants to the
critical text
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,
Majority Text
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, and
Textus Receptus
''Textus Receptus'' (Latin: "received text") refers to all printed editions of the Greek New Testament from Erasmus's ''Novum Instrumentum omne'' (1516) to the 1633 Elzevir edition. It was the most commonly used text type for Protestant denomi ...
. It also provides extensive footnotes and appendices dealing with significant verses (such as Matthew 16:18 and John 1:1, 1:18, and 15:26). The
Patriarchal Text was selected on Mount Athos from among a large number of reliable ecclesiastical manuscripts and appears to be in large part identical or similar to
Minuscule 1495 (KR subgroup).
Old Testament
The
Old Testament
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was not completed but was planned to have been based on the Greek text of the Old Testament
Septuagint
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with all major
Masoretic
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and
Dead Sea Scroll
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variants documented in the footnotes. For reasons documented in the comprehensive introductory section, the EOB would also have provided the Hebrew/Masoretic versions of Job, Jeremiah and Esther.
Editions Using the EOB Translation
* ''EOB: The Eastern / Greek Orthodox New Testament'' (
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History
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, 2013, )
* ''The Holy Gospel'' (Saint Ignatius Orthodox Press, 2018, )
* ''EOB New Testament: Portable Edition'' (Newrome Press, 2019, )
* ''The Holy Apostle'' (Saint Ignatius Orthodox Press, 2019, )
See also
References
External links
Eastern Greek Orthodox Bible: New Testament (pdf; some pages missing)
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Bible translations into English
Christian terminology