Orthodox Study Bible

The Orthodox Study Bible (OSB) is an Eastern Orthodox study Bible published by Thomas Nelson in 2008. It features an English translation of the St. Athanasius Academy Septuagint edition for the Old Testament, and utilizes the New King James Version for the New Testament. This publication is not an official text of the Eastern Orthodox Church.

Orthodox Study Bible
Full nameOrthodox Study Bible
AbbreviationOSB
Complete Bible
published		2008
Textual basisNT: New King James Version OT: St. Athanasius Academy Septuagint
Translation typeFormal Equivalence
Version revisionNew King James Version
PublisherThomas Nelson, Inc.
CopyrightCopyright 2008 Thomas Nelson, Inc.
Religious affiliationEastern Orthodox Church (nonofficial)
Genesis 1:1–3
In the beginning God made heaven and earth. The earth was invisible and unfinished; and darkness was over the deep. The Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the water. Then God said, "Let there be light"; and there was light.
John 3:16
For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.

Characteristics

Response

The work has received positive endorsements from such prominent bishops as Metropolitan Maximos of Pittsburgh (Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America), Metropolitan Phillip (Antiochian Orthodox Church) and Metropolitan Theodosius (Orthodox Church in America).[1]

Among the work's critics, Archimandrite Ephrem, writing in the Orthodox Christian journal Sourozh, has stated that the commentary "feels far too much like a piece of evangelical propaganda decked out in the trappings of Orthodoxy."[2] Priest Seraphim Johnson has written in The Orthodox Christian Witness that "the Study Bible reproduces the whole textual apparatus of the NKJV, including many of the doubtful decisions of modern non-Orthodox biblical scholarship."[3]

See also

References
  1. Endorsements of the OSB by Orthodox hierarchs
  2. Archimandrite Ephrem. "Book Review: The Orthodox Study Bible". Orthodox Christian Information Center.
  3. Priest Seraphim Johnson. "Review in The Orthodox Christian Witness, Vol. XXVII, No. 18(1273)". Orthodox Christian Information Center.
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