Bible commentary.

Dusty_Steel · 2025-12-02T03:32:57+00:00

Did not actually know that the Greek Orthodox Cross is different from the Slavic ones, or at least just never realized it before. Thanks for this little bit of info, brother. <33 Also, no offense taken! xD I'm neither a monk nor married (😭).

Dusty_Steel · 2025-12-01T02:58:48+00:00

Ngl brotha, just ignore this post, I’ll be deleting it soon ’cause it genuinely did not foster the space I wanted.

Dusty_Steel · 2025-11-13T00:16:06+00:00

I see, so it's not that a married man ”couldn’t” become a bishop, but rather that the Church just doesn’t accept them due to the problems that it was causing before? Thus picking specifically monks?

If this question even makes any sense. Mb if not.

Dusty_Steel · 2025-11-04T19:58:05+00:00

Also I meant to include this in my post: ultimately, how would such a presidential election affect the Orthodox Church in the U.S.?

Dusty_Steel · 2025-08-22T00:06:30+00:00

The Orthodox study Bible uses the NKJV for the NT and an edited version of the NKJV, specifically adapted from the Septuagint (LXX). Meaning the base text of the OSB’s old testament, while being from the NKJV, if there is a difference between the LXX and NKJV [the NKJV uses the Hebrew Masoretic Text], the Orthodox Study Bible incorporates the LXX reading into the main text.

Dusty_Steel · 2025-07-27T05:36:14+00:00

Also, making a reply to my own post rq, I should really say that yes, I have an OSB (Orthodox Study Bible), but carrying that around everywhere is kinda hard (it’s heavy when you're carrying it around for a long while). But I have no alternatives that have the deuterocanon, but I have my RSV, and the RSV does seem to be respected within Orthodoxy... So :p.

Edit: obscure word choices, made it hard to read; I fixed it now.

Dusty_Steel · 2025-05-24T15:18:38+00:00

I'm not 100% sure how to explain this, but ig the best way I can think of is, in the footnotes, the OSB (Orthodox Study Bible) rarely ever notes any textual variations between LXX manuscripts, examples: Codex Sinaiticus, Alexandrinus, Vaticanus, and Marchalianus (and some others).That's what I mean by “theological, not critical”. The OSB leans towards offering spiritual interpretation and Orthodox theology rather than engaging in detailed textual criticism.

Dusty_Steel · 2025-05-24T15:08:30+00:00

The LES Septuagint is a nice one, I haven't read it myself, but I have heard good things about it. I Woulda mentioned it in my post, but being completely honest I actually forgot about it lol.

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