Breathe Bible New Testament NLT

By: Tyndale

Narrated by: full cast

Length: 21 hrs and 20 mins

Publisher's summary

The Breathe Bible Audio New Testament is a remarkably vivid listening experience that transports you into the world of the Bible. Performed in the New Living Translation by a cast of internationally acclaimed film, television and recording artists, this captivating multi-million dollar audio production features cinema-quality sound with an original music score. It’s an experience you will never forget. The Breathe Bible Audio New Testament -“It’s like being there.” Listen however you like!

Created by an award-winning team, this dramatic production features a cast of leading Hollywood entertainers, over 80 supporting actors, a full-orchestral score, and cutting-edge sound design. Stars of stage and film such as Kevin Sorbo (Voice of God), Josh Lucas (Jesus), John Rhys-Davies (narrator), Jesse McCartney (Matthew), Hill Harper (Mark), Corbin Bleu (John), Christian Stolte (Luke), Marshall Allman (John the Baptist), Wintley Phipps (Peter), and Bailee Madison (Young Mary Mother of Jesus) headline this $2 million production, bringing a new level of excitement to the forefront of Bible audio innovation. Features the New Living Translation, the first translation created to be read aloud.

©2017 Tyndale House Publishers, Inc. (P)2017 SR Audio

A Breath of Fresh Air

What a refreshing Bible translation! Everything is so easy to understand, this is my go-to Bible when I want Scripture in plain English.

I listen over & over!!!!

I am so grateful for this audiobible! I try to listen to it every day to get in more of the Bible and understanding in context. I also want to know the Bible as much as possible and this has really helped me. The voice acting helps me remember it and feel like I’m apart of the story. I highly recommend it for those who learn better through listening verses reading text. I love Josh Lucas too, he makes the perfect voice for Jesus! I love it so much I am gifting it to others and I tell everybody to get it.

People have said the chapters don’t have titles, but mine does! So I’m grateful for that. Highly recommend!

Fantastic! Very immersive and adds color

Thanks for an incredible reading of the Bible! The voice acting and sound effects add tremendous amount of color to the narrative.

Wonderful to the Ears…

The performance of this version of the NLT is wonderful. The actors read their lines very naturally. You can listen to this every day. Which I hope you do.

Wonderful way to experience the New Testament

Well done! I love the actors in different voices and the music transitions. I can see the gospels now.

Excellent Performance

When I think about scripture I hear KJV in my mind but I enjoy several translations. This production of NLT is great! Each of the voice actors bring the words on the pages alive. The music, background sound effects, and levels of their volume progression are good and adding to the spoken word. I enjoy listening specifically to the audiobook or playing in the background while doing tasks.

Great dramatization

Pleasant to listen to, but label the chapters please! There's no way to know what book you're clicking on.

Very good narration!

Great! I really enjoyed this version. Thank you Audible. This was very helpful to me.

Excellent recording. Not too dry and not too dramatic

I love this recording. The delivery of the Word is just right. Entertaining but not overly dramatic or overpowered with detracting music/effects. A perfect balance! I look forward hopefully to a similar recording of the OT!

Good job, very accessible

A word before I give my thoughts about this audiobook. I’m guessing that most of the people who would stop to read a review of The Breathe Bible are going to be believers. I am not, and I think it’s important to be clear about that because it may affect what I say.

At the same time, I have great respect for Christianity, and have collected Bible translations since I was 15 years old. I’ve read the New Testament at least a dozen times and the Bible as a whole 5 times. The New Living Translation has long been one of my favorites. From my perspective, it strikes a good balance between accuracy and readability. Its clarity and its graceful writing makes it an especially good candidate for an audiobook production.

And so we have The Breathe Bible. It uses many of the techniques that first (as far as I know) appeared in the Word of Promise (another excellent production but one that unfortunately used the much less accessible NKJV). The techniques include original music, multiple voices, and elimination of many “he said/she said” statements. As a result, many of the “scenes” of the New Testament are performed as exactly that: dramatic scenes. In the Breathe Bible, this is particularly effective in the Gospels and in Revelation.

The Word Of Promise is more heavily “produced” than The Breathe Bible, and the cast of the latter, though excellent throughout, are generally younger and less well-known (at least to me). The clarity of the translation more than makes up for any differences here. Of the many translations available in audiobook format, the NLT is easily one of the most “listenable.”

I’ve read that the producers are hoping (sooner or later) to pair this with the Old Testament. I hope they do. I would love to hear the historical books and the Hebrew Prophets done the same way as the New Testament has been done.