He not only reads it, he reads it out loud!

The Bible is probably the most influential book in the world of sci-fi. And that's saying a lot because there's a lot (maybe even up to a littany) of sci-fi books. Even back a hundred years or so ago when it was written, this simple story of a guy who goes nuts and thinks he's the son of God inspired a fan following that went like unmatched or whatever until people freaked out over that last episode of "MASH." It's un'believable (a word I invented which is just a shortened version of "unfreakinbelievable").

The weird thing about this is its James Earl Jones reading it instead of me reading it. (It's on a CD and you play it the same way you would a music CD.) And when you hear him say: "Put up again thy sword into his place: for all they that take the sword shall perish with the sword," (St. Matthew, p 499) it kinda sucks. hearing Darth Vader say something so pussy! It also sucks because I have another version of the Bible wherein there's a ribbon attached to the book that you can use as a bookmark type thing. This CD doesn't seem to have that, so I have to use my own bookmark (like a piece of paper or something or toast) which doesn't even work that well because it doesn't have pages just sound.

I'm getting tired, but I also noticed that all the things I didn't get about names like Judas Priest and some of the things Iron Maiden said are all explained in this book. But, I goota say, even with bad guys like a devil, the army of gays, the big cyclops and all that, there's just not enough action, not enough monsters. But, it's old, so I guess it was good for its time.

Theres also lame stuff cuz' its old like the Jesus guy changing water into wine which is supposed to be cool even though anybody can do that now.

It alsogets boring. And Lord Vader you can tell gets bored too...he sighs during parts of it and says "yada yada" during this part that just lists like who's the son of who's son. But, hey, my grandmama is still a fan, the pope's a fan, that's saying a lot. Will Lord of the Rings and Star Wars stand that test of time? Or not? Or will they stand it?

Wait to buy til they ditch the music

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

There are too many mistakes and omissions in this reading. Very disappointed.