Sword in the Fire

The Bible is here and in my hands! Actually our parish has had copies for 2 weeks now. Rick Mansfield, a good friend of mine, has a wonderful blog that tends to focus on Bible translation. This is not by design but it is one of his big interests and therefore he has a lot of articles regarding translations. In fact, whenever I have a question about a translation I go to Rick's blog or to Rick himself. He has article on most modern English translation and even the various Greek and Hebrew Bibles that exist. Rick asked me to write a review of the Bible which you can find here. I am sorry for the lack of updates because now my study notes from class are really backed up. I plan on resuming the post soon.

My previous post gave updates about voting for the upcoming Orthodox Study Bible cover design. Finding that link prompted me to contact Fr. Bob Sanford at Thomas Nelson about a potential launch date. The date he gave was Feb 2008. I hope this hits. It would be perfect timing as we begin all those OT lenten readings. Conciliar Press will allow pre-ordering as we get closer to that date. I can't wait. I am more excited about this release than even the new Harry Potter novel. Make sure you vote on the post below. As I get more info, I will try to pass it along.

I found a link today on another Orthodox blog site to vote for the cover of the upcoming Orthodox Study Bible. Does this mean it is coming soon? I will try to contact Thomas Nelson and find out. I got the honor of helping out with the Bible and did the translation work on 1 & 2 Samuel and the notes on the same. However, I turned in my work in 1999 and since then my Greek has gotten a little rusty. I can't believe it may right around the corner. Please go the following link and vote (perhaps the voting activity will spur the publishing date). Vote here: http://www.thomasnelson.com/research/osb-a.htm