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The Book of Job
- Narrated by: Peter Coyote
- Length: 1 hr and 13 mins
- Categories: Religion & Spirituality
Non-member price: $10.08
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"This translation finds the timeless center of the Job saga, and the reader interprets it with just the right combination of anger, eloquence, and faith. This is a text which was meant to be heard." ( Harvey Cox, Harvard Divinity School)
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- DMC
- 28-05-2006
Good translation, well-narrated, mediocre audio
This is an exceptional translation of Job, and Peter Coyote does an excellent narration. However, the audio quality is only fair.
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- Darwin8u
- 08-01-2020
Naked I came...
Loved Mitchell's powerful translation. The audio's production was poor, but STILL Peter Coyote's reading of Mitchell's Job was amazing. It flowed like blood and pounded like the waves. It burned like fire.
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- Dwight
- 02-05-2017
illuminating and thought - provoking
This was my introduction to The Book of Job. It was applicable to my life in several ways, as I recently became disabled due to necrotizing fasciitis and had to stop a lucrative career. However, in several ways my life is "less stressful. " Whereas in the dozen years before my illness I may have read one or two books for lesisure, I have read at least 40 books since joining Audible in March 2016.
The narration of this Book was fantastic as I felt that I was sitting with Job and his friends in a circle discussing God and Faith. At first, I thought I would miss something because of the shorter duration compared to other renditions of The Book of Job in the Audible store. On the contrary, I found that the duration allowed for repetition of particular areas for emphasis and clarification all during the few hours in my kitchen between a late lunch and early supper.
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- Kirill
- 10-08-2004
Phenominal !!!
Excellent spiritual and tremendously inspirational reading of an ancient text. Gives wonderful perspective for our daily lives in light of true faith and devotion to righteousness. An absolute must for older children and certainly for adults. Enjoy!
5 people found this helpful
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- John
- 21-02-2017
A beautiful performance for a beautiful story. tr
The performance really helped me me to what the words really mean to me. 5 stars
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- Syd Young
- 23-10-2016
The Hopeless Condition of Mankind, the Triumphant Majesty of the Creator
I am a Stephen Mitchell devotee and a pragmatic. I love his work in the Homeric ancients so much that I wanted to hear his translation of Job. Does not disappoint. This is a wonderful way to recounter the hopelessness of man, the answer of the fates, and the majesty of God. I know I'll listen t o this many more times in my life, God willing. This is a very good place to turn when life darts it's many and varied arrows at you.
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- Sally
- 09-01-2006
Wonderful
I really enjoyed the experience of hearing Job, as dramatized in this narrative. Hearing the words as presented here adds power to the awesomeness of G*d, as this book always portrays.
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- James Carl Barsz, MD
- 08-05-2016
Makes Feeling Sorry For Myself Harder Than It Was
Job puts my trials in perspective. Thank you, Lord. May you ever be above me. I have sent this to my children.
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- Kristen Lawler
- 14-05-2020
Wow! Wonderfully theatrical reading of Job
This was a great translation and reading of Job. Peter's theatrical reading brought the book to life. He was fantastic. The book was easy to follow and never boring. I am so glad I bought this book.
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- Amazon Customer
- 06-02-2020
low quality audio
but the performance is great. such a pity. x x x x x x x
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