The first ever full-length Orthodox Study Bible in English presents the Bible of the early church and the church of the early Bible. Orthodox Christianity is the face of ancient Christianity to the modern world and embraces the second largest body of Christians in the world. In this first-of-its-kind study Bible, the Bible is presented with commentary from the ancient Christian perspective that speaks to those Christians who seek a deeper experience of the roots of their faith. The Orthodox Study Bible, created by The Orthodox Study Bible Old Testament Project and published by Thomas Nelson, uses the New King James Version of the Bible as the basis for a fresh translation of the Septuagint text. The Septuagint is the Greek version of the Bible used by Christ, the Apostles, and the early church. Also available as a Leatherbound volume.
This is a North American (English-language) project that is totally flawed but obviously well-funded. First, it does not represent the "official" Orthodox Bible. Just to give you an example how fraudulent it is it, let's look at the side-by-sdie Greek-English Isaiah 9:6
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Greek text ὅτι παιδίον ἐγεννήθη ἡμῖν υἱὸς καὶ ἐδόθη ἡμῖν οὗ ἡ ἀρχὴ ἐγενήθη ἐπὶ τοῦ ὤμου αὐτοῦ καὶ καλεῖται τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ μεγάλης βουλῆς ἄγγελος ἐγὼ γὰρ ἄξω εἰρήνην ἐπὶ τοὺς ἄρχοντας εἰρήνην καὶ ὑγίειαν αὐτῷ |
What the Greek text says For a child is born to us, and a son is given to us, whose government is upon his shoulder: and his name is called the Messenger of great counsel: for I will bring peace upon the princes, and health to him |
NKJV text For to us a child is born. To us a son is given; and the government will be on his shoulders. His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. |
It's actually an Evangelical Trojan Horse that some North American prelates fell for, to their shame. AS per Wikipedia, some who didn't describe it as something that "feels far too much like a piece of evangelical propaganda decked out in the trappings of Orthodoxy" [Archimndrite Ephrem] and Priest Seraphim Johnson wrote "the Study Bible reproduces the whole textual apparatus of the NKJV, including many of the doubtful decisions of modern non-Orthodox biblical scholarship," both commenting on the project in the Orthodox Information Center book review.