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To: boatbums

I have an Orthodox Bible. I do nOT have 4 Maccabees.


3,522 posted on 11/23/2011 5:50:58 AM PST by TexConfederate1861 (Surrender means that the history of this heroic struggle will be written by the enemy.)
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To: TexConfederate1861
I have an Orthodox Bible. I do nOT have 4 Maccabees.

The link I gave said it was in the Appendix. According to http://www.orthodoxanswers.org/orthodoxbibles?noredir=1:

In terms of "canon," the Orthodox Old Testament includes the 39 universally received ("canonical") books as well as the books found in the Septuagint which have always been read, used or explicitely quoted by the early Christians (Letter to the Hebrews, St. Polycarp of Smyrna. These books are part of the Orthodox Bible and lectionary but not with full canonical status; they are often called "deuterocanonical" or "to be read" (Anagignoskomena (αναγιγνωσκόμενα)). As a result, it can be said that the canon of the Old Testament is somewhat "open" with degrees of witnessing authority.

The EOB: Eastern - Greek Orthodox Bible offers an original scholarly translation of the New Testament which is based on the official text of the Greek speaking Orthodox Churches (the Patriarchal Text of 1904). The EOB companion to the OSB scheduled for early 2009 will include a comprehensive introduction to the Old Testament together with 4 Maccabees and the EOB New Testament and Appendices. The full release of the EOB (OT based on LXX with all MT variants and NT) is scheduled for 2011.

3,585 posted on 11/23/2011 4:01:50 PM PST by boatbums ( Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us. Titus 3:5)
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