Inspired By … The Bible Experience Audio Bible—Today's New International Version, TNIV: Old Testament

Old Testament

By: Inspired By Media Group

Narrated by: Angela Bassett, Cuba Gooding Jr., Samuel L. Jackson, Blair Underwood

Length: 65 hrs and 57 mins

Publisher's summary

Some of Today's Leading Black Voices—Including 3 Oscar® Winners, 23 Grammy® Winners, 8 Emmy® Winners, and 5 Golden Globe® Winners—Performing Today’s New International Version (TNIV)

This ambitious and critically-acclaimed presentation of the Bible is set to an original musical underscore performed by the Prague Symphony Orchestra and a Hollywood-style sound design created by Technicolor Studios. Listen as the voices of Denzel and Pauletta Washington (Song of Songs), Idris Elba, Taraji P. Henson, Angela Bassett (Esther), Tyler Perry, LL Cool J (Samson), Tyrese Gibson, Terry Crews, Eartha Kitt (Serpent), Common, Tia and Tamera Mowry, Vanessa Williams, Keke Palmer, and Forest Whitaker (Moses) bring the stories and lessons of the Bible to life.

Honored with a nomination for an NAACP Image Award, this complete dramatized audio Bible has been grateful to also be awarded the 2007 Audies Audiobook of the Year (highest honor of the Audio Publisher’s Association) and an AudioFile Earphones Award.

New: Now includes an interactive table of contents with books and chapters of the Bible for easy audio navigation!*

Features:

• Complete dramatized audio Old Testament
• Over 400 world-class talents, including Denzel Washington, Forest Whitaker, Angela Bassett, Common, LL Cool J, Alfre Woodard, LeVar Burton, Idris Elba, and Terry Crews, among others
• Original music by the Prague Symphony Orchestra

Cast of full Bible includes…

Yolanda Adams, Paul Adefarasin, Erika Alexander, Tichina Arnold, James Avery, Obba Babatunde, Ogie Banks III, Angela Bassett, Ivory Belk, Eric Benét, Ahmed Best, John Bentley, Bishop Charles Blake, KD Bowe, Yvette Lee Bowser, James “JB” Brown, Wren T. Brown, LeVar Burton, Marcus Byrd, Ron Canada, Willie Carpenter, TC Carson, CCH Pounder, Alvin Chea, Common, Jill Conners, Terry Crews, De Mann, Cedric Dent, Alex Désert, Loretta Devine, Gary Dourdan, Karim Dulé Hill,Donna DuPlantier, Charles S. Dutton, Idris Elba, Faith Evans, Dustin Felder, Aurora Ferlin, Kirk Franklin, Matt Gibson, Tyrese Gibson, Meagan Good, Cuba Gooding Jr., April Grace, Khamani Griffin, Eva Gutierrez, Regina Hall, Anthony Hamilton, Leonard Harmon, Hill Harper, Heavy D, Taraji P. Henson, Russell Hornsby, Israel Houghton, Alexis Fields Jackson, Kevin C. Jackson, Samuel L. Jackson, Bishop T.D. Jakes, Juanita Jennings, Rhomeyn Johnson, Bishop Noel Jones, Joseph Jay Jones, Priscilla Jones, Star Jones, Malcolm David Kelley, Joey Kibble, Mark Kibble, Eartha Kitt, Boris Kodjoe, Nikki Kodjoe, Eriq La Salle, Sanaa Lathan, Adam Lazarre-White, Harry J. Lennix, Leon, Dawnn Lewis, Felicia Lister, , LL Cool J, Shana Lloyd, Bishop Eddie L. Long, Nia Long, Victor Love, Antonio David Lyons, Tisha Campbell Martin, Donnie McClurkin, R.L. McCray, Gwen McGee, Claude McKnight, Mo’Nique, Tia and Tamera Mowry, Lana “MC Lyte” Moorer, Debbie Morgan, Tommy Morgan, Garrett Morris, Phil Morris, Keke Palmer, Evan Parke, Danita Patterson, Tyler Perry, Sandra Prosper, Darryl Alan Reed, Doran Reed, Robi Reed, Tim Reid, Corey Reynolds, LaTanya Richardson, Bumper Robinson, Shaun Robinson, Wendy Raquel Robinson, Rodney Saulsberry, Kelvin Shepard, David Smallwood, Nancy Sprow, Mark E. Swinton, David Thomas, Bishop Kenneth C. Ulmer, Blair Underwood, Blake Underwood, Brielle Underwood, Kamden Underwood, Khloe Underwood, Paris Underwood, Iyanla Vanzant, Denzel Washington, Pauletta Washington, Tico Wells, Forest Whitaker, Deniece Williams, Ellis Williams, Vanessa Williams, Mirron Willis, Pastor Marvin Winans, Alfre Woodard, Jeffrey Wright, Marvin Wright-Bey, and more.

*where available

Don't miss Inspired By...The Bible Experience: New Testament.

©2007 Inspired By Media Group (P)2007 Zondervan

Critic reviews

Audie Award Winner, Inspirational/Spiritual, 2008

Audie Award Winner, Multi-voiced Performance, 2008

"The lavish production pulls out all the stops.... If a modern multimedia production experience is what you're after, enjoy the fine voices and often dynamic dramatized readings." (AudioFile)

The Bible

The best selling Book of all time! I love the narration. The Bible is always loved by me! Thank You God for Your Holy Word! I also have this on CD!

Truly enjoy this version!!

What made the experience of listening to Inspired By...The Bible Experience the most enjoyable?

Narrators and special effects truly puts me there. The music brings it alive!! However, I wish it was possible to locate chapter and verse from a content list.

Love it-

I played the Bible experience series over and over again all day in my home when I woke up I woke up to the Bible experience when I went to bed I went to bed to the Bible experience I love the dramatization I loved the music the sound effects I love the entire experience it really put you there .the most memorable portion was when he spoke about Sodom and Gomorrah and the kings of Judah. I just love it I simply loved it and I would recommend it to everybody the entire world to God be all the glory

The Dramatic Word of God!

I Loved hearing the Word of God Dramatically. The background music adds to the listening experience!

The title of the AudioBook is missing.

Great listening. I cannot tell which Book of the Bible is being read. No guidelines.

Not acceptable to change words in the Bible

I read the Bible along audible. I was VERY UPSET that one narrator chose to change the single in pural in the book of Psams. She changed "me" to "them" "I to us" to name few. this is WRONG! She has no authority to change the WORD OF GOD!

Great way to enjoy to Bible

The voice acting gets me engage. However, there are rare moments where the sound effects and background noise are distracting.

Listening is Like Being There

If you ever wondered how you could get through 2-3 more chapters, this rendition is for you! First of all, chapter numbers are not read. I got lost in the narration, and had to pull myself away after about ten chapters. It's like listening to a movie complete with sound effects, and music that adds to the atmosphere. This recording even makes Leviticus and the Geneologies come alive! From animal sounds to babies' cries, it draws you into both the dialog and the experience of the people who lived long ago. Narrators come from different racial groups which adds to the drama. It's like reading the Bible for the first time bringing freshness to dry parched souls, and music to the ears. Be prepared to laugh, and cry, and be transformed by the experience! This is a recording I will come back to again and again! Gone are the days of dry reading sessions! Thanks Zondervan, and thanks Audible! And thanks to all the people who made this recording possible!

i love this series. i enjoy listening to it

I really enjoyed listening to this from beginning to end. I just love the life that each person bring to the passages

Wow!

I’ve always looked for a way to get my word in! This is an amazing way for me to do that! I’m so grateful to God for blessing me to have this as it blesses my soul and feeds my spirit as well!