New Testament

An unusual English rendering of the New Testament prepared by Fan Noli, the Albanian Orthodox bishop, statesman and translator who was also known for putting Orthodox liturgical texts into Albanian and for his prominent role in Albanian public life before settling in the United States. Its scope is confined to the New Testament, translated from Greek and based on the Greek New Testament, and it is classed as a fresh translation rather than a revision of any earlier English version. Its guiding philosophy is at once literary and ecclesial in character, reflecting both Noli's concern for style and his standing as a churchman accustomed to texts intended for worship. Produced outside the mainstream lineage of English Bibles descending from the King James tradition, the work is regarded as significant for both Orthodox and literary translation history, and it remains chiefly of interest to students of that history.