Orthodox Study Bible

The first widely distributed complete Orthodox study Bible in English, this edition is distinguished by an Old Testament based on the Septuagint, the Greek version of the Hebrew scriptures that has long served as the Old Testament of the Eastern Orthodox churches. Its scope follows the Orthodox canon, pairing a unique Old Testament translation with the NKJV in the New Testament; the source languages are accordingly Greek together with an English NKJV base. For the Old Testament the base text is the Septuagint (Rahlfs), with the NKJV and Brenton's earlier English rendering consulted for reference, while the New Testament is the NKJV. Its translation philosophy is formal and ecclesial, and the work falls into the category of a hybrid translation and revision, with the NKJV and the Septuagint tradition serving as its predecessor and base translations. Because the New Testament is not a new translation but the NKJV, the originality of the work lies chiefly in the Old Testament and the Psalms.