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The Word of Promise Audio Bible—New King James Version, NKJV: Complete Bible

By: Thomas Nelson Inc.
Narrated by: Jason Alexander,Joan Allen,Richard Dreyfuss,Louis Gossett,Malcolm McDowell Jr.,Gary Sinese,Marisa Tomei,Stacy Keach
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This faithful rendering of the New King James Version (NKJV) presents the complete Bible in compelling, dramatic audio theater format with world-class audio production.

With an original music score by composer Stefano Mainetti (Abba Pater), feature-film quality sound effects, and compelling narration by Michael York and the work of over 500 actors, the The Word of Promise Audio Bible will immerse listeners in the dramatic reality of the scriptures as never before.

Each beloved book of the Bible comes to life with outstanding performances by Jim Caviezel as Jesus, Richard Dreyfuss as Moses, Gary Sinise as David, Jason Alexander as Joseph, Marisa Tomei as Mary Magdalene, Stacy Keach as Paul, Louis Gossett, Jr. as John, Jon Voight as Abraham, Marcia Gay Harden as Esther, Joan Allen as Deborah, Max von Sydow as Noah, and Malcolm McDowell as Solomon.

Please note: Listeners can access each book of The Word of Promise Audio Bible through the Audible app's Table of Contents feature.

©1982 Thomas Nelson, Inc. (P)2009 Thomas Nelson, Inc.

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A real revelation

It's really hard to write a review about the bible, because...well...it's the bible!

But what I can say is that I can't recommend The Word of Promise highly enough. The sound effects used throughout the readings really helped to add to the entertainment aspect of the books. But what I was most impressed with, and surprised by, was the way the actors expressed their characters. They brought things to life to the extent that I actually understood things better than I ever have before. I think it's because the bible doesn't say things like: "Jesus was furious and said", and because of that I often find my own reading of the bible to be flat and have to really concentrate really hard to figure things out sometimes. But the performance of the actors revealed things to me that blew my mind.

There was one part, I can't remember which book (which is my only problem with the audio version, was that it was virtually impossible to navigate because it's so huge!!) where God was really, really furious with the Israelites and honestly, I was a bit afraid, especially because I'm a believer. I mean, when I'd read that part in the bible myself, I knew God was mad, but I didn't realise 'how' mad He was until listening to this. It was a far different experience to listening to a fiction novel being read, it's really hard to explain.

But anyway, despite my moment of knee shaking fear, I enjoyed every moment of it and will probably start again at the beginning, but more slowly so I can see what else is made clear to me. I just really enjoyed hearing God's word being spoken so clearly, and being brought to life so well that I couldn't stop listening

And look, to be truthful, in my opinion there will never be another actor who can play Jesus as well as Jim Calviezel. I mean, I see Jim Calviezel and I feel like I'm looking at Jesus, so to hear him speaking, this time in English and not Aramaic (although I loved hearing Aramaic in the Passion).... Well, it was just amazing. I think I even started crying.

Last but not least was the sheer value of the book! 17 audio books for 1 credit. I think it took me three months to listen to it all. So yeah, if you are a believer (and if you aren't I still hope you get this book and become one!) get this book with your next credit. You won't regret it. Every actor was amazing and the Psalms! Oh and the actor who played God! OH my, yeah, just get it! You won't regret it.

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Where are the names for the chapter?


this audio bubble used to have named chapters. What happened? It's extremely difficult to navigate to the desired chapter and book without the named chapters. I would really appreciate it if the chapters were named again

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Better indexing needed

Would you consider the audio edition of The Word of Promise Complete Audio Bible: NKJV to be better than the print version?

Yes, because it is easy to listen to the chapters you might other wise find hard to read and comprehend due to context it is written in.

What does the narrators bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you had only read the book?

The background music and songs bring ambience to the reading

Any additional comments?

It is really hard to look up a specific chapter or book to listen to, because of the fact that many chapters and books are contained within one part of the the audio. Some proper scriptural index or order might make it more valuable.

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UPSET ... WHY THE CHAPTERS HAVE NO TITLES ?

i purchased that Audio Book thinking all Chapters had Titles but I'm Very disappointed as i don't even know which Chapter of the Bible I'm i listening to or if i want to Skip Chapters it gets worse . Why is there no Titles to the Chapters ? Fix it , please as i Paid for that .

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The effort they put into this book was astounding

Great way to read the bible. Probably the best audible performance I've seen as well

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listened to the entire thing in 2 weeks

there are alot of places that I increased the play speed as some of the reading was too slow for me.
but that was the only negative I had


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it is finished!

Easy way of reading the whole Bible - just listen while you are getting up doing dishes and in the car travelling. 😊

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such great voices, so HORRIBLE to navigate!

I really want to use this to listen to the bible, whatever passage I am studying at the time, but starting at chapter one in Genesis and going all the way to chapter 1000+ without any actual biblical book names is insane. Such a shame with such a fabulous cast, to waste this resource which could have been SO much better

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Life changing. Beautifully narrated

This is a timeless work for all generations. The quality of production, the pronunciation, the voice acting are all brilliant, clear and well weighted. The score and music is well suited and poignant. This is every human’s companion toward God and an invaluable help for all who recognise that we were created with purpose.

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Great audio bible

I really enjoyed this, they try bring background noises and drama to bring it alive. Sometimes it will be the writer pouring a drink, or trumpets blowing as in revelation.
its NKJV I believe which attracted me to it.
Any audio bible will be great, and I really am enjoying this one

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