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|  | Author: James Earl Jones
Brand: Topics Entertainment
Category: Book
List Price: $29.95
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Seller: pbshop
Rating:  63 reviews
Sales Rank: 7342
Format: CD-ROM
Media: Audio CD
Edition: Unabridged
Number Of Items: 14
Operating System: Audio Disc
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.7 x 5.4 x 1.7
ISBN: 1591509742
Dewey Decimal Number: 225.5203
EAN: 9781591509745
ASIN: 1591509742
Publication Date: March 1, 2007
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 Do not operate heavy machinery while listening to this... July 7, 2003
26 out of 29 found this review helpful
I purchased this product to listen to during a long drive (12 hours each way). However, after only 20 minutes I had to stop playing it as it was soothing me to sleep. The narrator has a very consistent, repetitous rhythm to his reading, not quite monotone, but close. When combined with the constant 'lullaby' type background music, it is very relaxing...too relaxing. I not only felt like dozing off while driving, but found that the rhythm of the speaker occassionally made it difficult to pay attention to the actual words being read. James Earl Jones is such a powerful speaker, yet unfortunately he greatly limited his dramatic range for this reading. This would be a good product to listen to at night where dozing off to a biblical reading would be a great end to the day. Just don't take it on the road!
Doesn't do him justice January 14, 2009
D. Pearsall
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I am not an audio engineer, but in my opinion this rendition of Mr. Jones does not do justice to him. Also I have only listened to the first disc and a part of #14. But to me it sounded like this project was a "rush him in and out as quickly as possible" job. There were longer than necessary pauses, breaths, and a sped-up pace to Mr. Jones' voice. I was glad I had audio editing software to shorten the pauses, remove the breaths, and slow down the tempo to obtain the smooth, calm, relaxing tone I am used to hearing from Mr. Jones. I would consider buying one of the 16-disc versions of his reading instead of this 14-disc set.
And contrary to other reviews, the music does not play through the entire reading.
overrated June 12, 2009
avid reader (seattle)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I bought this series, but was disappointed. By the package review, I was expecting wonderful things, but the reading was excessively breathy, choppy, and occasionally halting. Furthermore it contains only the NT, not the whole Bible. The music is just to introduce new books of the Bible and is only a short repetitive phrase. Alexander Scourby is much superior in my opinion.
 Wait to buy til they ditch the music February 26, 2005
P. Childs (Houston, TX USA)
45 out of 51 found this review helpful
I had read several reviews on "James Earl Jones Reads the Bible" and most of them mentioned the music--some positive, some merely accepting, and some very negative. Because I've been searching for an unembellished, undramatized reading of the Scriptures, this should have sent up a red flag to stop me from purchasing it. However, I figured with James Earl Jones' marvelous voice, how bad could it be? I would suggest you hold off buying it until they produce another one without the loud, lame and distracting music and give us the choice.
Not a reading of the KJV May 21, 2004
D. Smith (Rochester, New York)
47 out of 56 found this review helpful
There are too many mistakes and omissions in this reading. Very disappointed.
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