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This summer, in anticipation of a road trip from Chicagoland to Northern Minnesota, I ordered audio Bible, Inspired by . . . The Bible Experience. (We got the CDs, but you can also get MP3 CDs for nearly half the price.)

I enjoy narration-only audio Bibles—I usually listen to the online ESV—but what I like about Bibles like this is that they employ multiple actors and add some simple background effects to add some more life to the audio. What we listened to really kept our attention and was quite enjoyable (and of course edifying!).

I’m happy to recommend the whole thing. There are a few distracting elements—e.g., contemporary gospel songs strangely thrown into the middle of some of the NT letters (I thought my CD player broke and switched to the radio or another CD!). But the pros outweigh the cons.

Zondervan gave me permission to stream the whole book of Esther. It’s about a half hour in length, and each audio file below represents a chapter.

Esther 1

[audio:http://blogs.thegospelcoalition.org/justintaylor/files/2010/10/35-06-Esther-1.mp3|titles=35-06 Esther 1]

Esther 2

[audio:http://blogs.thegospelcoalition.org/justintaylor/files/2010/10/35-07-Esther-2.mp3|titles=35-07 Esther 2]

Esther 3

[audio:http://blogs.thegospelcoalition.org/justintaylor/files/2010/10/35-08-Esther-3.mp3|titles=35-08 Esther 3]

Esther 4

[audio:http://blogs.thegospelcoalition.org/justintaylor/files/2010/10/35-09-Esther-4.mp3|titles=35-09 Esther 4]

Esther 5

[audio:http://blogs.thegospelcoalition.org/justintaylor/files/2010/10/35-10-Esther-5.mp3|titles=35-10 Esther 5]

Esther 6

[audio:http://blogs.thegospelcoalition.org/justintaylor/files/2010/10/35-11-Esther-6.mp3|titles=35-11 Esther 6]

Esther 7

[audio:http://blogs.thegospelcoalition.org/justintaylor/files/2010/10/35-12-Esther-7.mp3|titles=35-12 Esther 7]

Esther 8

[audio:http://blogs.thegospelcoalition.org/justintaylor/files/2010/10/35-13-Esther-8.mp3|titles=35-13 Esther 8]

Esther 9

[audio:http://blogs.thegospelcoalition.org/justintaylor/files/2010/10/35-14-Esther-9.mp3|titles=35-14 Esther 9]

Esther 10

[audio:http://blogs.thegospelcoalition.org/justintaylor/files/2010/10/35-15-Esther-10.mp3|titles=35-15 Esther 10]

Update: I have not heard it yet, but Thomas Nelson also publishes an unabridged NT version of the NKJV called The Word of Promise Audio Bible (also available for MP3 download).

And here is the Word of Promise OT on CD.

Complete Bible here. Trailer below:

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