Byzantique

Dan's notes on the Scriptures.

Welcome to Byzantique! I'm Dan. I'm a reader, thinker, geek, and Eastern Orthodox Christian. (And yes, that sentence was intentionally written with an Oxford comma; I have standards).

Frankly, my notes were buried in too many platforms and documents, and I wanted to consolidate them for my own reference. If they help you out, cool beans. If they don't, the internet is vast and full of cats.

Herein you'll find a growing commentary corpus, presenting the Scriptures alongside notes and woven through with the rhythm of the Eastern Orthodox lectionary.

This is explicitly not an introductory resource. The approach here balances traditional inheritance with general academic biblical studies, so you will encounter non-Orthodox scholarship and critical theories. This is an exegetical sandbox for notes. If you find something controversial here, assume it's an object of study, not an article of faith.

The full text of both Testaments is browsable — 79 books, 36,591 verses.

10The Preacher sought diligently

To find out acceptable words,

And a correct writing, even words of truth.

11The words of the wise are as goads,

And as nails firmly fastened,

Which have been given from one shepherd by agreement.

12And moreover, my son, guard thyself by means of them:

Of making many books there is no end;

And much study is a weariness of the flesh.

13Hear the end of the matter, the sum:

Fear God, and keep his commandments:

For this is the whole man.

14For God will bring every work into judgment,

With everything that has been overlooked,

Whether it be good, or whether it be evil.

Ecclesiastes 12:10–14