Eastern Orthodox Bible: New Testament

The Eastern Orthodox Bible — New Testament is a modern English rendering prepared for Orthodox readers, translated from the official Patriarchal Greek text rather than from a standard modern critical eclectic text. Its scope is limited to the New Testament, its source language is Greek, and its base text is the 1904 Ecumenical Patriarchate Greek New Testament, the edition authorized for liturgical and ecclesiastical use in the Greek-speaking Orthodox world. This choice distinguishes it from most contemporary English versions, which follow the eclectic text assembled by modern textual scholarship. The translation philosophy is formal and ecclesial, seeking close correspondence to the Greek while expressed in modern English, and the work is classed as a fresh translation rather than a revision of an earlier version. Among its distinctive features, many editions include extensive textual and Orthodox-study notes, situating the reader within the interpretive tradition of the Eastern Orthodox Church.