The Orthodox Old Testament Is Septuagint-Shaped
Orthodox churches normally approach the Old Testament through the Septuagint tradition. This means the Orthodox biblical world includes books and book forms that are absent from most Protestant Old Testaments and arranged differently from many Western editions.
The app should present these books without flattening the differences between traditions. Protestant, Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, and Oriental Orthodox can share many texts while still having distinct canonical histories.
- - Use neutral language: deuterocanonical, anagignoskomena, or ecclesiastical books depending on context.
- - Do not force one Western table of contents onto Orthodox study.
- - Add book introductions before importing a full LXX reader.