Editing Orthodox Study Bible (section)

==Translation==
The original edition of the OSB, released in 1993, included only the [[New Testament]] and [[Psalms]], both [[New King James Version|NKJV]].{{sfn |St. Athanasius Academy |2008 |p=XI}} Priest Seraphim Johnson criticized the use of the NKJV translation, particularly for the Psalms.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.orthodoxinfo.com/phronema/review_osb2.aspx|title= Review in ''The Orthodox Christian Witness'', Vol. XXVII, No. 18(1273)|author=Priest Seraphim Johnson|publisher=Orthodox Christian Information Center}}</ref> The 1993 edition was also criticized by [[Archimandrite]] Ephrem for its commentary feeling more evangelical than Orthodox.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.orthodoxinfo.com/phronema/review_osb.aspx|title=Book Review: The Orthodox Study Bible|author=Archimandrite Ephrem|publisher=Orthodox Christian Information Center}}</ref> The NKJV text of the Psalms was replaced in the 2008 edition by the Psalms of the new OSB translation of the [[Old Testament]].{{sfn |St. Athanasius Academy |2008 |p=XI}}

The 2008 OSB's Old Testament is a translation of the [[Septuagint]] developed by St. Athanasius Academy of Orthodox Theology. The translation is based upon the [[Alfred Rahlfs' edition of the Septuagint]] using the NKJV as the base text, being altered where different from the Septuagint, and the [[The Septuagint version of the Old Testament (Brenton)|Brenton edition]] as additional reference material.{{sfn|St. Athanasius Academy|2008|p=XI}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=2008-06-07 |title=Old Testament Project |url=http://www.lxx.org/qa_d1.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080607130328/http://www.lxx.org/qa_d1.htm |archive-date=2008-06-07 |access-date=2024-07-28 |website=OSB}}</ref>{{efn|One feature therefore is that New Testament quotations of the Old Testament are identical in wording between the Old and New Testaments (e.g. {{abbr|Gen|Genesis}} 1:27; {{abbr|Matt|Matthew}} 19:5; Mark 10:7-8; {{abbr|1 Cor|1 Corinthians}} 6:16; {{abbr|Eph|Ephesians}} 5:31).{{sfn |St. Athanasius Academy |2008 |pp=5, 1305, 1345, 1558, 1608}}}} The 2008 OSB's New Testament is the NKJV, which translates the Greek ''[[Textus Receptus]]'' used by the Eastern Orthodox Church.{{sfn |St. Athanasius Academy |2008 |p=XII}} The overview committee included fourteen archbishops, metropolitans, and bishops from various Orthodox jurisdictions, as well as eight priests and seven lay scholars.{{sfn |St. Athanasius Academy |2008 |p=V}}