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It's pretty much required if you study biblical criticism at uni level. The notes are about as atheistic and liberal as you would expect. Its okay if you're approaching it from an academic perspective and fucking atrocious if you are approaching it from a theological perspective.

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Extremely good bible. The New Testament is identical to the NKJV, the Old Testament is based of the Septuagint and follows along with the NKJV only when in is perfectly aligned with the LXX. Al the duterocanonical books are new translations afaik. If you're interested in learning Orthodox theology this bible is as good as it gets. Also consider picking up a few books explaining our theology. Met. Kallistos Ware has 2 books; The Orthodox Church and The Orthodox Way. The former is history, the latter is theology both are decent but there are problems with it. If you already have a decent grounding in general theology, read Vladimir Lossky's Thy Mystical Theology of the Eastern Church and Dogmatic Theology for a deep dive on the mindset of Orthodoxy. After that, when you have a good enough understanding, read some of the Fathers. St Athanasius's On the Incarnation is a great place to start. Also ask a priest if you can.

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I'm saying that the Old Testament is fulfilled in the new. It takes on deeper meanings and many of its mysteries are partially or fully explained. There are theological problems that cannot be answered in Orthodox Jewish thought which are easily explained in Christian thought.

>Christian theology and ideas can sit on it's own feet without needing the approval or reference point of Judaism.
How? The New Covenant implies an older covenant. How many times is the Old Testament referred to by the New Testament authors or the Holy Fathers? How can Christ validate his claim to being the Messiah if the prophecies He fulfills are rejected as being Jewish instead of Christian? I'm assuming by Judaism you mean the Temple based Judaism that existed until the time of Christ, not the Synagogue based Judaism that diverged from Christianity. If it's the latter then you're right, we don't need to refer to modern Talmudic Judaism. This is what idiot protestants do when they use the Masoeretic text instead of the Septuagint and its stupid and wrong.