Mike+:

I think it would be good to know who among us can read Greek or Hebrew.  I
was trained in both but I am so rusty I can only read a little Greek with
out consulting my interlinear, parsing guide and Greek dictionary.

Bill+
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Ward" <mward@...>
To: <faithandlife@...>
Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2004 7:57 AM
Subject: RE: [FaithandLife] Re: Survey


> Greg+
>
> The Orthodox Bible project can be found at www.lxx.org.  It's supposed
> to be released in 2005 (I think).
>
> And I think you're right: the NKJV could be tweaked to fix the language
> and phrasing (the latter something the ESV did a very good job of in the
> Pauline corpus), and if an Apocrypha was added as an option, it might
> have a bit more appeal (especially to those who use it in the daily
> offices).  Who knows: call it the Revised Authorized Version and it
> might catch on.
>
> My partner here at work as an Orthodox Study Bible (he was raised
> Serbian Orthodox).  The notes aren't bad, but nothing spectacular.
> Really not too much different from what you'd get by simply reading an
> Orthodox catechism.  Concilliar Press is the place to look.
>
> MLW+
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> This OAV (Orthodox Authorized Version?) sounds promising. I also think
> the NKJV could simply be revised by its current publisher (NELSON), it
> already has been a few times, although most people aren't aware of these
> minor changes.
>
> Another "wish list" item is for large-print pew editions of these
> translations. I have talked to Nelson, but nothing is planned.
>
> By the way, I remember that there was an Orthodox Study Bible (NT) that
> was published some years ago. Has anyone seen it? Is it worth getting?
>
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