Holy Bible, Volume 18

Deuterocanonicals/Apocrypha, Part 1

By: American Bible Society

Narrated by: uncredited

Length: 4 hrs and 10 mins

Publisher's summary

The Holy Bible With Deuterocanonicals/Apocrypha, Contemporary English Version published by the American Bible Society. Includes Tobit, Judith, Esther (Greek), Wisdom of Solomon, and Baruch.

©1999 American Bible Society (P)2003 Recorded Books, LLC

Add ins interesting from a Protestant background

Extra adding about Esther and Daniel and Jeremiah s associate Baruch sound interesting. My Bible story of Daniel had him in the pit 1 night. Or 7 days- quite different to imagine the prophet Hanakkuk being flown to him with food while he was in the den. Stories like Tobit sound like witchcraft to use fish parts to heal a mans eyes from bird drippings. That account didn't feel had much veracity.

Christian 20 years never read the Apocrypha

What did you love best about Holy Bible, Volume 18?

It was really informative and you can tell it's written by the same author as the "regular" bible.

What other book might you compare Holy Bible, Volume 18 to and why?

Regular bible.

Which character – as performed by the narrator – was your favorite?

All of them.

If you were to make a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?

Protestants may have protested too much!

Any additional comments?

I recommend this for all non Catholic Christians to read. All the early church Father's quote from this which is why I became curious to read it.

Chapter intro Spoilers

The only thing I would complain about here is that the readers read the intro to each section which summarizes that section, and spoils any surprises that a first time reader might not have normally expected.

Well Read, Nice Overview of Important Lit

What made the experience of listening to Holy Bible, Volume 18 the most enjoyable?

They were read very well. Unlike some recordings I've heard, the readers always sounded to me like they knew what they were reading. Well Done.

What other book might you compare Holy Bible, Volume 18 to and why?

The content resonates very closely in very many details to the Canonical Scriptures. It is certainly to be heard with that context in mind as much as possible. Hearing it is also a much nearer experience to that of the ancients as the act of reading-to-oneself is a more recent development. Very often in fact, people would have had these tales read to them instead of reading them for themselves.

What about the narrator’s performance did you like?

They were clear, articulate, and not so dramatic as to be histrionic and certainly not flat.

Any additional comments?

As someone who works with the ancient language, I'm never satisfied with any translation. The modern idioms and Western colloquialism made me wonder what interesting vocabulary connections they had glossed over.

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Would you listen to Holy Bible, Volume 18 again? Why?

The Audible.com descriptions of what is where are wrong; e.g. Wisdom of Solomon is in vol. 2, not vol 1

Holy Bible Part 1 of the Apocrypha

Excellent translation and the presentation with explanation was superior. It ties nicely with the time period between the Old and New Testaments. I highly recommend this Part 1 and look forward to Part 2.

The audio is not authentic. Translation not KJV

None of the scripture adds up with the common KJV or 1611 KJV apocrypha texts. You will not be able to follow along as you read for yourself. this is simply a distorted translation and a waste of money.

Contemporary Version

This audio book is a mixture of very good and highly deficient. The men and women chosen to read Volume 18: Deuterocanonicals are excellent, leaving nothing to be desired. The translation relies on a too simplified form of English. It does not pull one into the text, in the same way as if one were to listen, to these same books read from the RSV or the NJB. The introductions to the books are way too short to be meaningful and are based on 19th century German biblical criticism, and therefore, have little relevance for a traditional believer.

The books of Judith and Esther were done particularly well. The material that the Greek version of Esther contains that is missing, from the Hebrew version was handled advantageously, the entire book was translated from the Greek, however, the extra material contained in the Greek version of Daniel was read by itself. The entire book should have been translated from the Greek, as was the case with Esther. So, the listener cannot presently see, how these detached works fit in with the entire book of Daniel. It is difficult to listen to chapters from a book that have been detached from their original location, no doubt much of their power is lost, because of this unnatural situation.

Some of the theology contained in these books seems strange, and I will have too compare these things in other more reliable translations, as this translation seems less dependable, than most others, I have come across.

I recommend, that one download this audio book in "Enhanced Format" as the audio has an objectionable hum after the introduction. The "Enhanced format" takes care of this defect for the most part, but it will still be there.

Not this version

Don't buy this version of the Apocrypha. It's only one of four parts, and the contemporary translation is dumbed-down. Get the much better Robert Bagley/Steve Cook edition for 1 credit instead.