The Basic Bible (BBE), Old Testament: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Basic Bible (BBE), Old Testament, credited to Bible in Basic English, 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 The Basic Bible (BBE), Old Testament by Bible in Basic English. Read in English by KHand and Park Penfold. The Old Testament, translated by an American committee lead by S.H. Hooke, using Basic English, a simplified English vernacular developed by linguist Charles Kay Ogden for use in teaching English to non-native speakers and as an international auxiliary language. Basic English utilizes a limited vocabulary of around 850 English words. - Summary by Mark Penfold

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Basic Bible (BBE), Old Testament
• Author credits: Bible in Basic English
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 119
• Listed recording duration: 53:52:12

Catalogue topics

• old testament

Opening tracks: first 24 of 119

1. 001 - Genesis 1-10 — 31:29
2. 002 - Genesis 11-20 — 31:24
3. 003 - Genesis 21-30 — 44:52
4. 004 - Genesis 31-40 — 39:21
5. 005 - Genesis 41-50 — 44:04
6. 006 - Exodus 1-10 — 37:28
7. 007 - Exodus 11-20 — 36:27
8. 008 - Exodus 21-30 — 41:36
9. 009 - Exodus 31-40 — 37:29
10. 010 - Leviticus 1-7 — 26:01
11. 011 - Leviticus 8-14 — 35:31
12. 012 - Leviticus 15-21 — 29:26
13. 013 - Leviticus 22-27 — 32:25
14. 014 - Numbers 1-6 — 28:57
15. 015 - Numbers 7-12 — 29:16
16. 016 - Numbers 13-18 — 29:08
17. 017 - Numbers 19-24 — 25:32
18. 018 - Numbers 25-30 — 24:18
19. 019 - Numbers 31-36 — 26:33
20. 020 - Deuteronomy 1-7 — 36:27
21. 021 - Deuteronomy 8-14 — 27:30
22. 022 - Deuteronomy 15-21 — 23:21
23. 023 - Deuteronomy 22-28 — 30:03
24. 024 - Deuteronomy 29-34 — 24:20

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