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Summary: A good product
Review: Although the recording is a bit muffled from time to time this is a good product. I prefer this over a dramatized version for study since I choose to read along with it when I have long passages to listen to. Personally I have found hearing and reading at once has many benefits for me such as: keeping my attention during long study sessions, aiding in remembering more of what I read, keeping a decent pace without fatiguing, and sometimes it aids in comprehension, but I think at times the reader stresses the incorrect portions of a given verse or paragraph. This may sound kind of funny, but I tried it when a professor had recommended it. Also, its nice to have the bible in Audio format for drives and plane trips when I may need my hands free.
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Summary: Digitally enhanced my foot!
Review: Disappointing. The voice of the woman giving the introduction was as clear as a bell. But the recording of the gentleman reading scripture sounded older, low & muffled. If this is digitally enhanced, what must it have sounded like before?! I turned my cd sound volume up as high as possible and still had to strain to hear it 10 feet away. (The result was the same on my pc so I know the problem is w/ the recording not the cd player.) The scripture also was read too fast. Although I only want scripture read aloud, I'm thinking of returning this & getting the dramatized bible instead.
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Summary: Digitally enhanced my foot!
Review: Disappointing. The voice of the woman giving the introduction was as clear as a bell. But the recording of the gentleman reading scripture sounded older, low & muffled. If this is digitally enhanced, what must it have sounded like before?! I turned my cd sound volume up as high as possible and still had to strain to hear it 10 feet away. (The result was the same on my pc so I know the problem is w/ the recording not the cd player.) The scripture also was read too fast. Although I only want scripture read aloud, I'm thinking of returning this & getting the dramatized bible instead.
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Summary: Excellent to listen to
Review: Excellent to do devotions. The exegetical and historical work and the introductions ranges from lacking to incorrect.
Even with that, I would give this an excellent rating
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Summary: Excellent recording of the entire Bible. NOT ABRIDGED!
Review: This is an excellent recording of the ENTIRE Bible. I can only imagine that Amazon calls it "abridged" because it leaves out the music and multi-voice dramatizations of other recordings. That's really weird thinking!To give Amazon the benefit of the doubt, this recording does leave out "Selah" when reading the Psalms, which I suppose counts as an abridgement of sorts. I haven't heard (or want to hear) the dramatized version, but it's hard for me to believe "Selah" is spoken in that version either, and Amazon doesn't call that one "abridged." Anyway, I'm grateful that "Selah" is left out in this recording. Since it's not really integral to the poetry and nobody knows what it means, it would be a serious distraction in a recording. I do have some very minor, nitpicking complaints that say more about me than about this product. As you may have guessed, I don't have much appreciation for dramatizations of the Bible. The Bible is full of power, and any attempt to pump drama into it actually dilutes its effectiveness. This version, even though it's not dramatized, is read with a little more theatricality than I would like. I'd prefer a flatter reading. (I said I was nitpicking!) My other nit is that the volume on some of the CD's is a little low. When I'm playing it in the car and switch without thinking to the radio, I almost blast the speakers out. Even though it's not the version I prefer for study, the NIV works well for listening to. Each chapter is a separate CD track, so it's easy to find what you're looking for. The brief introduction to each book is informative and easy to skip if you want to. This really is a great recording, at less than a dollar per CD.
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Summary: Zondervans audio Bible
Review: True to the NIV text. Charles Taylor reads in a clear and concise voice. The disks are all indexed with each individual book and chapter. Well worth it.
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