Hurlbut's Story of the Bible Part One: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Hurlbut's Story of the Bible Part One, credited to Jesse Lyman Hurlbut, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

Librivox recording of Hurlbut's Story of the Bible Part One by Jesse Lyman Hurlbut. Some years ago, the editor of an English magazine sent a communication to "the hundred greatest men in Great Britain" asking them this question: "If for any reason you were to spend a year absolutely alone, in a prison for instance, and could select from your library three volumes to be taken with you as companions in your period of retirement please to inform us what those three books would be." The inquiry was sent to peers of the realm, prominent leaders in politics, judges, authors, manufacturers, merchants, gentlemen of leisure—men who would represent every aspect of successful life. In the answers it was found that ninety-eight of the hundred men named "The Bible" first on the list of the three books to be chosen. (From Book introduction)

Recording facts

• Recording title: Hurlbut's Story of the Bible Part One
• Author credits: Jesse Lyman Hurlbut
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 36
• Listed recording duration: 4:46:48

Catalogue topics

• bible story
• religion
• children

Opening tracks: first 24 of 36

1. 00 - Introduction — 11:02
2. 01 - The Story of a Beautiful Garden — 9:58
3. 02 - The First Baby in the World and His Brother — 4:04
4. 03 - The Great Ship that Saved Eight People — 11:27
5. 04 - The Tower That Never Was Finished — 8:45
6. 05 - The Story of a Long Journey — 7:59
7. 06 - How Abram's Choice Brought Blessing — 6:33
8. 07 - The Angel by the Well — 4:02
9. 08 - The Rain of Fire That Fell on a City — 9:17
10. 09 - The Boy Who Became an Archer — 4:34
11. 10 - How an Angel's Voice Saved a Boy's Life — 6:48
12. 11 - The Story of a Journey after a Wife — 6:02
13. 12 - How Jacob Stole His Brother's Blessing — 10:02
14. 13 - Jacob's Wonderful Dream — 6:48
15. 14 - A Midnight Wrestling Match — 7:43
16. 15- The Rich Man's Son Who Was Sold as a Slave — 7:25
17. 16 - From the Prison to the Palace — 10:35
18. 17 - How Joseph's Dream Came True — 8:03
19. 18 - A Lost Brother Found — 9:24
20. 19 - From the Land of Famine to the Land of Plenty — 6:18
21. 20 - The Beautiful Baby Who Was Found in a River — 7:30
22. 21 - The Voice from the Burning Bush — 8:13
23. 22 - The River That Ran Blood — 7:44
24. 23 - The Night When a Nation Was Born — 5:58

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