The Holy Bible in Modern English: 1 Kings-Ezekiel: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Holy Bible in Modern English: 1 Kings-Ezekiel, credited to Ferrar Fenton, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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LibriVox recording of The Holy Bible in Modern English: 1 Kings-Ezekiel, Translated by Ferrar Fenton. Read by Mark Penfold. Work on the translation began in 1853 by a London businessman called Ferrar Fenton (1832–1920). The complete Bible was first published in 1903, though parts were published as separate volumes during the preceding 11 years. The translation is noted for a rearranging of the books of the Bible into what the author believed was the correct chronological order. In the Old Testament, this order follows that of the Hebrew Bible. The name of God was translated throughout the Old Testament as "The Ever-Living". The Bible is described as "translated into English direct from the original Hebrew, Chaldee, and Greek languages." For his translation of the Book of Job which appeared in 1898, Fenton was assisted by Henrik Borgström. This was "rendered into the same metre as the original Hebrew, word by word and line by line". His translation of the New Testament is based on the Greek text of Westcott and Hort. The ordering novelty in the New Testament is that it places the Gospel of John and the First Epistle of John at the beginning before the Gospel of Matthew, thus placing the Acts of the Apostles immediately after the Gospel of Luke. Notable as well, is Ferrar Fenton's restoration of the Psalms into the musical verse form as close to the original as he could get. The Psalms were, quite literally, songs, complete with instructions for the "choirmaster" as well as descriptions of the appropriate musical instruments to be used. Today Psalm 48, Psalm 137, and Psalm 23 are still sung in churches, albeit to tunes not the original.(Summary by Wikipedia)

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Holy Bible in Modern English: 1 Kings-Ezekiel
• Author credits: Ferrar Fenton
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 34
• Listed recording duration: 14:40:14

Catalogue topics

• advice
• instruction
• religion
• ancient texts

Opening tracks: first 24 of 34

1. 01 - 1 Kings 1-5 — 29:06
2. 02 - 1 Kings 6-9 — 27:49
3. 03 - 1 Kings 10-14 — 29:15
4. 04 - 1 Kings 15-18 — 22:05
5. 05 - 1 Kings 19-22 — 25:08
6. 06 - 2 Kings 1-5 — 25:34
7. 07 - 2 Kings 6-10 — 28:28
8. 08 - 2 Kings 11-15 — 21:34
9. 09 - 1 Kings 16-20 — 24:23
10. 10 - 2 Kings 21-25 — 22:50
11. 11 - Isaiah 1-7 — 20:04
12. 12 - Isaiah 8-15 — 21:18
13. 13 - Isaiah 16-22 — 15:04
14. 14 - Isaiah 23-30 — 23:05
15. 15 - Isaiah 31-37 — 20:33
16. 16 - Isaiah 38-45 — 27:16
17. 17 - Isaiah 46-52 — 18:41
18. 18 - Isaiah 53-59 — 17:22
19. 19 - Isaiah 60-66 — 19:55
20. 20 - Jeremiah 1-7 — 33:02
21. 21 - Jeremiah 8-15 — 30:55
22. 22 - Jeremiah 16-22 — 25:26
23. 23 - Jeremiah 23-30 — 34:58
24. 24 - Jeremiah 31-37 — 35:49

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