Kirjahaku

An original edition of a classical text, featuring text notes, a thoughtful introduction and an elegant design. In A Doll's House Ibsen wanted to speak about a woman unable to tolerate baseness and sordidness in herself or her relationships, offering a picture of how human nature can be in its ideal form.

This edition of the New Testament, used in Greek-speaking Orthodox Churches, can be regarded as the most authoritative form of the Bible. Greek text according to the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople (1904/12), with corrections of typos made by the Church of Greece Larger typeface for easy reading Chapters divided in paragraphs The text is illuminated with images of Byzantine manuscripts, photos of churches in Athos Holy Mount and in other places in Greece, Orthodox Icons and various Orthodox style drawings.

Κεντρικὸ θέμα τῆς δημιουργίας τοῦ ἀνθρώπου στὴν Παλαιὰ Διαθήκη δὲν εἶναι τόσο ἡ ἴδια ἡ δημιουργία ὅσο τὸ λεγόμενο προπατορικὸ ἁμάρτημα, ὑποτιθέμενη ἀρχὴ ὅλων τῶν δεινῶν ποὺ ὑποφέρει ἡ ἀνθρωπότητα μέχρι σήμερα, ἡ ἐξορία ἀπὸ τὸν παράδεισο. Ποιό εἶναι τὸ περιεχόμενο τῆς ἐντολῆς ποὺ ἀψήφισαν οἱ πρωτόπλαστοι; Τί ἀκριβῶς δὲν ἤθελε ὁ Θεὸς νὰ κάνουν; Στὸ κείμενο ὑπάρχουν ἐνδείξεις, ὄχι ἐξήγηση. Ἰδίως γιὰ τὴν τιμωρία ἢ τὶς συνέπειες τῆς παράβασης τὰ γεγονότα μοιάζουν σαφέστερα, ὁ ἄνθρωπος γνώρισε γιὰ πρώτη φορὰ τὸν πόνο καὶ τὸν θάνατο. Στὴν πραγματικότητα καὶ αὐτὰ εἶναι ἀμφίβολα. Τὸ βιβλίο αὐτὸ ἐξετάζει τὰ σχετικὰ μὲ τὸ προπατορικὸ ἁμάρτημα καὶ μὲ τὴ σπουδαιότητά του γιὰ τὴ ζωὴ τῶν χριστιανικῶν Ἐκκλησιῶν.

This edition publishes the Greek Original without translation. You may be interested also in the Bilingual Edition (see elpenor.org). Coming from Byzantium and being used until our days in Greek speaking Orthodox Churches, this version is the most authoritative form of the original New Testament text. Elpenor's edition is offered at cost price, it follows the 1904/12 text of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople with just a correction of typos. Illuminated with images of Byzantine manuscripts, photos of Churches of Athos Holy Mount and all of Greece, Orthodox Icons and various Orthodox style drawings, this edition features also a large typeface for easier reading. Even if you have the original Greek New Testament already, you may want to get also this edition for the pleasure of reading it in large fonts, its convenient formatting and the inspiring illumination. Official page: elpenor.org

To what extent creation implies the Creator's nearness to His works? What kind of 'paradise' man abandoned with the 'transgression'? Which is the 'prime matter' of beings? What is the meaning for man of the spatiotemporal structure and change as opposed to the simplicity of the divine nature? What does the origin of beings 'out of nothing' mean? How is the divine will related to space and time? What is the meaning of the end of times? What does creation of man 'according to the image' mean? How is the soul related to Creation? How does Monotheism agree with trinitarianism and what is the real value of trinitarianism for the existence of God and man? Raising questions related with these issues, the current study of the cosmology of Gregory of Nyssa and Meister Eckhart highlights also the importance of theoretical similarities and differences between the two great Christian Mystics. The book is offered at cost price. Official page: elpenor.org/books/eckhart-nyssa/default.asp

In this book I am gathering the words of the Christ. We need to remember that what He said, even in the greatest possible isolation, as it happens in this volume, is not His property in the same manner that a book belongs to its author. If He had written these words, this would be His book, however the Disciples recorded them, each one according to his own personality and to his particular relationship with Him. How I understand their meaning, can be seen in the footnotes, where I suggest some possible interpretations calling to a discussion.

* Two convenient volumes (I: The Holy Gospel, II: Acts, Epistles, Revelation) * Two authoritative texts, divided in chapters and paragraphs. * Original at the left, Translation at the right (odd) pages. * Available in soft- and hardcovers, at cost price. Greek original according to the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople. King James translation. Official Page: elpenor.org

* Two convenient volumes (I: The Holy Gospel, II: Acts, Epistles, Revelation) * Two authoritative texts, divided in chapters and paragraphs. * Original at the left, Translation at the right (odd) pages. * Available in soft- and hardcovers, at cost price. Greek original according to the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople. King James translation. Official Page: elpenor.org