The Ostrog Bible

The Ostrog Bible (Russian: Острожская Библия) was one of the earliest East Slavic translations of the Bible and the first complete printed edition of the Bible in Old Church Slavonic, published in Ostrog, in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, by the Russian printer Ivan Fyodorov in 1581 with the assistance of the Ukrainian Prince Konstantin Ostrogski. Image File history File linksMetadata Ostrogbible. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Ostrogbible. ... This article deals with the history of translations of the Bible into Slavic languages, which begins with the second half of the 9th century. ... The Bible (Hebrew: תנ״ך tanakh, Greek: η Βίβλος hÄ“ biblos) (sometimes The Holy Bible, The Book, Word of God, The Word Scripture, Scripture), from Greek (τα) βίβλια, (ta) biblia, (the) books, is the name used by Jews and Christians for their (differing but overlapping) canons of sacred texts. ... Old Church Slavonic (also called Old Church Slavic, Old Bulgarian, Old Macedonian, and Old Slavonic) is the first literary Slavic language, developed from the Slavonic dialect of Thessaloniki by 9th century Byzantine Greek missionaries, Saints Cyril and Methodius. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... The first monument to Fedorov was opened in Moscow in 1909. ... Events January 16 - English Parliament outlaws Roman Catholicism April 4 - Francis Drake completes a circumnavigation of the world and is knighted by Elizabeth I. July 26 - The Northern Netherlands proclaim their independence from Spain in the Oath of Abjuration. ... Noble Family Ostrogski Coat of Arms Ostrogski Parents Konstanty Ostrogski Aleksandra SÅ‚ucka Consorts Zofia Tarnowska Children with Zofia Tarnowska Elżbieta Ostrogska Janusz Ostrogski Katarzyna Ostrogska Konstanty Ostrogski Aleksander Ostrogski Date of Birth 1526 Place of Birth Ostróg Date of Death 1608 Place of Death Ostróg Konstanty...

The Ostrog Bible is unique among Church Slavonic Bibles in that the Old Testament was translated not from the Masoretic text, but from the Septuagint. This translation, comprising 76 books of the Old and New Testaments, was based on the Gennadius Bible and a manuscript of the Codex Alexandrinus. Some parts were based on Francysk Skaryna's translations. Note: Judaism commonly uses the term Tanakh, but not Old Testament, because it does not recognize the concept of a New Testament. ... The Masoretic Text (MT) is the Hebrew text of the Tanakh approved for general use in Judaism. ... The Septuagint (LXX) is the name commonly given in the West to the Koine Greek Alexandrine text of the Hebrew Bible (Tanakh/Old Testament) produced some time between the third to first century BC. The Septuagint Bible includes additional books of the old Jewish canon beyond those contained in the... See New Covenant for the concept translated as New Testament in the KJV. The New Testament (Καινή Διαθήκη), sometimes called the Greek Testament or Greek Scriptures, and sometimes also New Covenant, is the name given to the part of the Christian Bible that was written by various authors c. ... Folio 65v from the Codex Alexandrinus contains the end of the Gospel of Luke with the decorative tailpiece found at the end of each book. ... Francišak Skaryna (or Skoryna; the first name also spelled as Francis, Franciszak, Frantsiszak, Francisk, Frantzisk, Francysk; Belarusian: Францыск Скарына (Франці́шак Скары́на)) was a Belarusian famous for being the printer of the first book in an Eastern Slavic language. ...

The Ostrog Bibles were imprinted on two dates: 12 July 1580, and 12 August 1581. The second version differs from the 1580 original in composition, ornamentation, and correction of misprints. In the printing of the Bible delays occurred, as it was necessary to remove mistakes, to search for correct textological resolutions of questions, and to produce a correct translation. The editing of the Bible detained printing. In the meantime, Fyodorov and his company printed other biblical books. The first were those which did not require correcting: the Psalter and the New Testament. July 12 is the 193rd day (194th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 172 days remaining. ... Events March 1 - Michel de Montaigne signs the preface to his most significant work, Essays. ... August 12 is the 224th day of the year (225th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Events January 16 - English Parliament outlaws Roman Catholicism April 4 - Francis Drake completes a circumnavigation of the world and is knighted by Elizabeth I. July 26 - The Northern Netherlands proclaim their independence from Spain in the Oath of Abjuration. ... Psalms (Tehilim תהילים, in Hebrew) is a book of the Hebrew Bible or Tanakh. ...

Title page and foreword

The Ostrog Bible is a monumental publication of 1256 pages, lavishly decorated with headpieces and initials, which were prepared especially for it. From the typographical point of view, the Ostrog Bible is irreproachable. This is the first bible printed in Cyrillic type. It served as the original and model for further Russian publications of the Bible. Image File history File links Ostrogtitle. ... Image File history File links Ostrogtitle. ... The Cyrillic alphabet (or azbuka, from the old name of the first letters) is an alphabet used to write six natural Slavic languages (Belarusian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Russian, Serbian, and Ukrainian) and many other languages of the former Soviet Union, Asia and Eastern Europe. ...

The importance of the first printed Cyrillic Bible can hardly be overestimated. Prince Ostrogski sent copies to Pope Gregory XIII and tsar Ivan the Terrible, while the latter presented a copy to an English ambassador. When leaving Ostrog, Ivan Fedorov took 400 books with him. Only 300 copies of the Ostrog Bible are extant today. Gregory XIII, born Ugo Boncompagni (January 7, 1502 – April 10, 1585) was pope from 1572 to 1585. ... Look up Tsar in Wiktionary, the free dictionary For the US community of Czar, see Czar, West Virginia. ... Tsar Ivan the Terrible, by Viktor Vasnetsov. ...

The Ostrog Bible was widely known in Ukraine, Russia, and Belarus, and also abroad. It is registered in the library of Oxford; its copies were owned by King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden, the cardinal Barberini, many scientists and the public figures of that time. The Ostrog Bible was reprinted in Moscow in 1663. Oxford is a city and local government district in Oxfordshire, England, with a population of 134,248 (2001 census). ... Gustav II Adolf (also known as Gustaf Adolf den store or Gustavus II Adolphus) (December 9, 1594 – November 6, 1632 O.S.), widely known by the Latinized name Gustavus Adolphus and referred to by Protestants as the Lion of the North, was King of Sweden from 1611 until his death. ... The Barberini family was a powerful Italian family, originally of Tuscan extraction, who settled in Florence during the early part of the eleventh century. ... Moscow (Russian: Москва́, Moskva, IPA: ) is the capital of Russia and the countrys principal political, economic, financial, educational and transportation center, located on the river Moskva. ... // Events Prix de Rome scholarship established for students of the arts. ...

The significance of the Ostrog Bible was enormous for the Orthodox education, which had to resist strong Catholic pressure in Ukraine and Belarus. ...

External links

• ((Russian)) Article at krotov.info
• ((Russian)) About the modern publiction of the Ostrog Bible
• Reprint in DjVu format