Eastern/Greek Orthodox Bible: New Testament (EOB)

by Laurent Cleenewerck

Publisher:

Laurent A. Cleenewerck

, 2011

Overview

This new translation of the Patriarchal Greek New Testament (PATr) is both scholarly and easy to read, with articles, appendixes, and relevant footnotes included throughout the text. The Eastern/Greek Orthodox Bible: New Testament (EOB: NT) is an essential part of any library for personal study, scholarly research, devotion, and liturgical use in English-speaking Orthodox churches. This fresh and accessible translation was created within the Orthodox community, and follows the only Greek NT text that has been approved by the Patriarchate of Constantinople for Greek Orthodox churches.

The Logos edition of EOB: NT enhances your study with advanced functionality. Important terms link to dictionaries, encyclopedias, and a wealth of other resources in your digital library. Powerful searches help you find exactly what you’re looking for. Easy access to maps and charts, as well as definitions and lexical information, equip you to understand historical events like never before. Automatic syncing between devices prevents you from spending time searching for where you left off. With Logos Bible Software, the most efficient and comprehensive research tools are in one place, so you get the most out of your study.

Key Features

• Scholarly introduction, noting the differences between the Patriarchal Text and other major editions of the Greek New Testament
• Alternative translations (in the CT and MT) are footnoted, as well as all Old Testament references
• Illustrations and tables throughout
• Introduction to each book or category of literature in the New Testament
• Appendixes on a number of translation issues, such as presbyters and bishops, the Filioque controversy, the “brothers” of the Lord, the longer ending of Mark, and more

Contents

Most Highlighted Verses in The Eastern/Greek Orthodox Bible: New Testament

Matthew 11:28–30: Come to me, all of you who labor and are heavily burdened, and I will give you rest!Take my yoke upon you and learn from me because I am gentle and humble of heart, and you will find rest for your souls.Indeed, my yoke is easy and my burden is light.”

Luke 12:32–34: Do not be afraid, little flock, for your Father has been pleased to give you the Kingdom.Sell your possessions and give to those in need. Make for yourselves purses which do not grow old, a treasure in the heavens that does not fail, where no thief can reach and where moth cannot destroy.For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

John 3:17: Certainly, God did not send his Son into the world to judge the world, but so that the world should be saved through him.

1 Corinthians 3:11: As it is, no one can lay any other foundation than the one that has [already] been laid, which is Jesus Christ.

1 Corinthians 10:16: The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not a sharing in the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is not it a sharing in the body of Christ?

1 Corinthians 16:2: On the first day of the week, each one of you should put aside and save according to God’s blessing, so that no collections be made when I come.

Philippians 3:10–11: Yes, may I know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the communion of his sufferings, becoming conformed to his death,if by any means I may attain to the resurrection from the dead.

Philippians 4:13: I can do all these things through Christ who strengthens me.

Hebrews 8:5–6: They offer divine service to a copy and a shadow of the heavenly things, even as Moses was warned by God when he was about to build the tabernacle. For God said: Behold, you shall make everything according to the pattern that was shown to you on the mountain. But now, Jesus has obtained a more excellent ministry as he is also the mediator of a better covenant, given as law on better promises.

1 Peter 2:15–16: For this is the will of God: that by doing good you should silence the ignorance of those who are foolish.Be free, but do not use your freedom as a cloak of wickedness, but [rather] as bondservants of God.

Product Details

• Title: Eastern/Greek Orthodox Bible: New Testament (EOB)
• Publisher: Fr. Laurent A. Cleenewerck
• Editor: Fr. Laurent A. Cleenewerck
• Publication Date: 2013
• Pages: 724

About Laurent Cleenewerck

Laurent (Laurence) Alain Cleenewerck (born 1969) is a professor of International Administration and Theology for EUCLID (Euclid University) and a presbyter of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople (2004), received in the Orthodox Church in America in 2007. He is also serving as extension faculty at Humboldt State University (OLLI Extension). He and his wife currently reside in Northern California (2009).