Orthodox commentary

Blair Laird
Blair Laird Member Posts: 1,654 ✭✭✭
edited November 20 in Resources Forum

What is the best commentary written from an Orthodox perspective ?

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  • Gabe Martini (Faithlife)
    Gabe Martini (Faithlife) Member, Logos Employee Posts: 815

    What is the best commentary written from an Orthodox perspective ?

    There aren't many, as most comments on Scripture are derived from our services or the Fathers, but in Logos we do have a recently completed commentary on the New Testament from Ancient Faith Publishing.

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  • Dan Francis
    Dan Francis Member Posts: 5,339 ✭✭✭

    I would also be interested in if there is a small (one or two volume) commentary written from the Orthodox perspective. I do own the Orthodox Library Builder (257 vols.) And honestly am not too interested in getting a large set at this time but I would be most interested to learn more about if a smaller resource even exists. I know the eastern Orthodox community is quite broad including Russian Greek and Coptic, and each of these may have differing interpretations. I own in both software and hard copies of www.thomasnelson.com/the-orthodox-study-bible  but I was hoping to find something a bit more in-depth. 

    -Dan

  • Gabe Martini (Faithlife)
    Gabe Martini (Faithlife) Member, Logos Employee Posts: 815

    I would also be interested in if there is a small (one or two volume) commentary written from the Orthodox perspective. I do own the Orthodox Library Builder (257 vols.) And honestly am not too interested in getting a large set at this time but I would be most interested to learn more about if a smaller resource even exists. I know the eastern Orthodox community is quite broad including Russian Greek and Coptic, and each of these may have differing interpretations. I own in both software and hard copies of www.thomasnelson.com/the-orthodox-study-bible  but I was hoping to find something a bit more in-depth. 

    -Dan

    Again, there really isn't anything like that. The notes in the OSB come close, but they aren't exhaustive. I can show you several one-volume commentaries on the Divine Liturgy, but not any on the Scriptures themselves.

    Perhaps someone out there is working on one? I think it would definitely have an interested audience.

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  • MJ. Smith
    MJ. Smith MVP Posts: 53,405

    Orthodox Bishop Alfeyev: "To be a theologian means to have experience of a personal encounter with God through prayer and worship."; Orthodox proverb: "We know where the Church is, we do not know where it is not."