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19 of 19 customers found the following review helpful:
 Poorly organized and packaged, 2005-09-05
Just what does one do with so many CDs in pathetic little paper sleeves?
And when you've figured that out, just remember, the books don't begin or end on the their own CD, they're all jumbled up - so you might get a CD with the last half of Acts on it and the first few chapters of Romans for example. Not a big deal? Perhaps - until you go to find a specific chapter and realize the CD manufacturer hasn't bothered to make the tracks and the chapters number the same (which they easily could have). This "feature" makes it very hard to find the chapter you're looking for, especially if the books are jumbled up.
James Earl Jones sounds good - some odd-ball pronounciations of common biblical nameplaces - but not of great impediment to enjoyment.
11 of 12 customers found the following review helpful:
 Tremendous Experience, 2005-07-11
I bought this for my ailing mother-in-law who could no longer see well enough to read the Bible. This was such a comfort for her to have in her last days. James Earl Jones has an absolutely perfect voice. The combination of the voice, the misic, and of course the Words, were a truly soothing expereience.
10 of 11 customers found the following review helpful:
Excellent but not as over the top as Scourby..., 2005-07-07
You will love the reading of the Word by this professional vocal actor, James Earl Jones, a voice of the ages. And it is further enhanced by orchestral music. You might consider also getting Alexander Scourby reading the KJV Bible.
James Earl Jones Reads the Bible...Aloud!, 2005-05-21
The Bible is probably one of the most famous sci-fi novels of all time. It's probably 150-200 years old and peolple (people) still freak over it like they did when MASH had that last episode. There's all kinds of fan clubs and everything even though it's all old. (Talking about the Bible still.)
But I dont' get it, yo. It's mostly about some guy who goes nuts and thinks he's the son of God. And there are no real creatures or monsters. Just like a devil, some gays, and a cyclops.
Now even though it's not music, James Earl Jone's reading the Bible...you treat it like it's a music CD even though it's not music, just put it in a CD player or something else that plays CDs and press Play, or a button that says something like "Play." (What sucks though is that in most copies of the Bible I've seen there's some ribbon you use to mark what page you're on. This CD doesn't have that, so you have to mark your spot with a piece of paper or, less advisably, a piece of toast or something.)
Anyways, when James Earl Jones (as I like to calll him) reads "I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me." I just not sure like hearing Darth Vader say something so woosy. And, later, in this part where he's sayin' who's the son of who and all that, Lord Vader actually sighs and says "yada yada" a few times. That's kinda cool.
And there's the part about the main character, Jesus, who turns water into wine. I guess that was cool to Bible fans back in the old days, but anyone can do that now, so it's sort of like eh...who cares.
But, hey, all and all it's alright. Its stood the test of time, I mean my grandma's still a fan of this thing, the pope is apparently like a huge fan... I don't know..will Lord of the Rings or Fantastic Four and all them stand the test of time? Or won't they stand the test of time?
40 of 46 customers found the following review helpful:
 Wait to buy til they ditch the music, 2005-02-26
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.
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