Anonymous
6/22/2025, 1:30:55 PM No.24487080
Is there a good audiobook of the Bible? Reminder that this may actually be the best way to read the Bible as some of the holiest men were illiterate.
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Anonymous
6/22/2025, 1:42:44 PM No.24487089
>>24487080 (OP)
James Earl Jones one is the best delivered. David Suchet is also popular but he can kind of sound patronizing in his delivery and doesn't always have the right emphasis.
You can tell Jones either thought it through or knows it well enough to know where to add emphasis.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CM16GXj71Q4
James Earl Jones one is the best delivered. David Suchet is also popular but he can kind of sound patronizing in his delivery and doesn't always have the right emphasis.
You can tell Jones either thought it through or knows it well enough to know where to add emphasis.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CM16GXj71Q4
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Anonymous
6/22/2025, 3:36:40 PM No.24487276
>>24487080 (OP)
Max McLean's Listener's Bibles have good narration. The very light synth music in the back at some openings is meh, but you hardly notice it and he has a great voice. He has several translations. KJV used to be free, not sure if it still is.
Robert Alter's OT is maybe my favourite OT translation. The essays are good, although they are only from the "Bible as literature perspective," but you can also skip them. Since they are largely historical and critical, or notes on the poetry (which is translated very well), they don't have a sectarian bias. Just keep in mind they are secular and only have a certain sort of value.
I never liked any of the one's with casts. Unfortunately, many don't do the full Septuagint books. You can find audio of those and lots of early Christian texts (Shepherd of Hermas, Origen, St. Basil, Clement of Alexandria, St. John Chrysostom, etc. on YouTube though and download the audio.
The speaker for the David Bentley Hart NT is decent. It's not an ideal translation for listening, but it is an interesting one.
Max McLean's Listener's Bibles have good narration. The very light synth music in the back at some openings is meh, but you hardly notice it and he has a great voice. He has several translations. KJV used to be free, not sure if it still is.
Robert Alter's OT is maybe my favourite OT translation. The essays are good, although they are only from the "Bible as literature perspective," but you can also skip them. Since they are largely historical and critical, or notes on the poetry (which is translated very well), they don't have a sectarian bias. Just keep in mind they are secular and only have a certain sort of value.
I never liked any of the one's with casts. Unfortunately, many don't do the full Septuagint books. You can find audio of those and lots of early Christian texts (Shepherd of Hermas, Origen, St. Basil, Clement of Alexandria, St. John Chrysostom, etc. on YouTube though and download the audio.
The speaker for the David Bentley Hart NT is decent. It's not an ideal translation for listening, but it is an interesting one.
Anonymous
6/23/2025, 1:20:21 AM No.24488619
>>24487089
He's only the NT though
He's only the NT though