NASHVILLE/LA - The Word of Promise® Audio Bible features compelling narration by Michael York and the work of over 600 actors. 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, Malcolm McDowell as Solomon, and many others.
The set is over 90 hours on 79 CDs and includes an interactive Bonus Features DVD that includes actor interviews, worship resources, and a fascinating look at how dramatic audio theater is produced.
The nearly four-year project, released in October,was the inspiration of Carl Amari, a Chicago-area producer of radio programs.
“I always thought it would be cool to do a radio drama of the Bible,” said Amari to an LA Times reporter, who grew up “not real religious.” ”You’re dramatizing the greatest story ever told. It’s God’s word. How can you make God’s word lift off the page? With great actors, great sound effects and music.”
Amari pitched the concept in early 2006 to Thomas Nelson Inc., a Nashville-based publisher of Christian books, software and videos. He was an admirer of the company’s 1982 modern translation of the King James Bible.
Performing the Bible verbatim from Genesis to Revelation was a huge undertaking, involving more than 1,000 actors, technicians and musicians.
JoBe Cerny, a voice-over and character actor perhaps best known as the voice of the Pillsbury Doughboy, directed 175,000 takes over four years, Amari said. Stefano Mainetti, an Italian film and TV composer, wrote the music and conducted a 150-piece orchestra.
The first portion of the project, the New Testament, was released in 2007 and honored as the Christian Book of the Year for 2008 by the Evangelical Christian Publishers Assn. It was the first audio Bible to receive the award and has sold more than 700,000 copies.
The audio Bible, sold in a box about the size of a child’s jack-in-the-box toy, is available at Christian bookstores and online through ProBuColls Christian Literature Cenbter (414-344-7300 // 9733 W Greenfield ave West Allis WI 53214) and other outlets.
Click here to listen to the entire Book of Jonah from The Word of Promise® Audio Bible.
For audio samples, free downloads, and for more information please visit www.thewordofpromise.thomasnelson.com.
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