Alexander Scourby New Testament-KJV Audio CD – Audiobook, 1 November 2003

Just a fantastic product. For all who love to study the Bible and take notes and add extra pages

Being this old, I guess I should not have expected a "Hi-Fi" recording. The DVD has a higher bit rate, but it still sounds like it was recorded in the 50's, which it was, not that I am complaining. Glad to have it.

What I like best about these recordings is Alex. Scourby's masterful reading of the King James Bible."Thee" and "thou" flow so naturally in his voice. This is very important, for reasons as follows.1. When the Bible uses the words "thee" and "thou," the person being addressed in the text is a single, individual person.2. When the Bible uses "you" and "ye," the persons being addressed are a group of people.This is no accident and is crucial for true understanding of the Bible.The original languages always distinguish between "thou" versus "you."For example, the Hebrew word "Elohim" is literally, "Gods," (plural), but the verb coupled with Elohim in the Bible, when speaking of the God of Abraham, Isaac and Israel, is always strangely in the singular. And God is always address as "Thee" or "Thou," and "Thy" and "Thine."Ancient Jews realized early that God had multiple persons within a single entity: "Hear O Israel: YHVH our Gods (Elohim) is one YHVH." Deut. 6:4; "And the Spirit of Gods (Elohim) moved upon the face of the waters." Gen. 1:2; "Let Us make man in Our image." Gen. 1:26.Only in modern English language Bibles is God ever addressed in a technical plural.Not in any other language: Their current vocabulary easily handles the plural and singular "you" in the original Bible languages of Hebrew and Greek.Thus any translation without "thee," "thou," "thy" or "thine" is actually a mistranslation, because without those pronouns, much of the text becomes very misleading, e.g.:"Simon, Simon, behold Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat: But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren." (Luke 22:31-32)This passage takes on a very different meaning, if those "thee" and "thou" and "thy" words become just more "you" and "your" words.Just a short while after saying that, Jesus told Peter he would deny Him 3 times before the cock would crow.According to the above-cited passage in Luke, Peter couldn't have yet been converted. The other disciples may have been, but Peter wasn't.Once Peter was converted, his faith sometimes faltered, but didn't fail. And he was able to strengthen his fellow disciples on very many occasions recorded in the Bible.The "sifting as wheat" remark was speaking of a plural group, which means Jesus must have been speaking to Simon Peter about all His disciples.It shows too, that Satan wants to divide all disciples, separating them the way wheat is separated: Into coarse, fine, dark, light, or other differing types and gradations.The strategy of evil against Christianity is: "Divide and conquer," using a wedge of intrinsic and superficial traits.None of this is revealed through the modern English use of "you" and "yours" for all 2nd Person pronouns.Thousands of other examples and doctrines could be cited.Practically every language but English still has a "thee" and "thou" form. In English it had already disappeared by the time the King James version was completed in 1611. The truth of this statement is seen by the "Letter Dedicatory" in the front of many KJV Bibles, where "thee" and "thou" aren't used at all. The King James version translators had to dredge up those near-dead words from "olden days" in order to make an accurate translation.It's wonderful to hear the King James text so naturally spoken by Alexander Scourby, who practiced every chapter several times before the recordings were made.I love the durable CD format. Not nearly as prone to damage as the old-time cassette tapes. The wonderfully rugged nylon canvas case my CDs came in feels fabulously rugged, too.Thank you to Hendrickson Publishers for coming out with this great item at such an affordable price!One more tip to others: Repeated listening is a marvelous help for strong memorization. Try it in your car, on the boat, around the house; you'll see what I mean!Don't be afraid of the King James version; Christ is recorded in at least three places in the Bible saying, "Heaven and earth shall pass away but My words shall not pass away."The Greek texts of the New Testament from which the King James was translated never passed out of common use. Several other Greek texts, did pass away for centuries, until unearthed by modern textual critics. These "undead" Greek texts, discarded by early faithful copyists, are now pervading the Bible market.Many other Greek texts, copied by hand for centuries, corrected their divergent readings of the Greek, using texts obtained by translators for the King James version.Hear these recordings over and over, and thank God for His mercies.

Great price great item!

Hi..I received KJV CDs yesterday on June 2rd.I have had very happy.. Thank you very much..God bless you..

I bought this for my elderly mother who has had to give up reading her bible as her eyesight is very poor. She was quite upset at not being able to read her daily paragraph. I had read the reviews thoroughly and decided to purchase. I ordered online at 6pm and it was delivered the next day. I did not open the package but gave it to my mother at once.I spoke to her yesterday and after 10 days use, she is now on disc 5. She cannot praise the item highly enough and said that the voice of Alexander Scourby is excellent. He emphasises what needs to be and is clear and concise. His voice is not monotone or boring. She thoroughly enjoys listening to Mr Scourby.When I told my mother that I would be writing a review, she asked that I made it clear how delighted she is with her bible on CD. My mother would recommend this to anyone and I certainly would as it has made my mum happy.

I purchased this audio cd set and I am glad I did. Would certainly suggest a friend do the same if they want a quality audio recording of the Authorized KJV. Alexander certainly makes the words of scripture come alive in a way the speaks to the very soul of man. Listening to the scriptures as read gives a different view that one would not receive when reading them alone. The Spirit of God certainly applies the word right to the very heart of man enlightening and renewing by the word of God. Of course, one needs to "receive" the word with all readiness of mind and be obedient in faith, in order to benefit from the sound of the word. That is entirely up to the hearer.