The Hebrew Bible

• Type: CD
• Discs: 13
• Tracks: 6
• Year: 2008
• Genre: Jewish, Cantorial, Collections, Hasidic, Stories
• Barcode: 4779-safra01

An Elegant 13 CD set featuring the five books of the Bible ("Torah") narrated in Hebrew: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy.

Track Listing

1. "A feast for the ears, superb recording, exquisite packaging, brilliant idea. It is difficult to believe that no one thought of it before ... going to sleep with a chapter from "Genesis" or driving the car listening to the most beautiful stories in the world... it's difficult not to get addicted" -- Galatz, (Israel’s No. 1 national radio station)
2. "It’s a Hit!... This is how the bible became the hottest thing on your CD player" -- Yedioth Achronot, (Israel's biggest daily newspaper)
3. "14 divine hours! ... forget about recorded lectures by the Dalai Lama, Osho or Robin Sharma, this is the real thing: the first kosher Torah cd box set!" -- Ynet (Israel's biggest news portal)
4. "... Until today we could only read it. From now on, we can also listen" -- "Mabat" (TV, IBA's Channel 1, News edition)
5. "Amazing! You've got to hear it to believe it... a must in every home" -- "Odeta" (TV, Channel 10, Talk Show)
6. "A cultural, national and educational asset, of the utmost importance to Jewish communities worldwide" -- The Jewish Agency for Israel

Customer Reviews

This work perpetuates the defective Modern Israeli pronunciation of classical Hebrew and misleads the general public to think this is the way Hebrew should be pronounced. We all need to understand that the pronunciation of the spoken language of today's Israel, is the result of the massive European immigration (Mostly German/Yiddish speaking) that took place in the past decades. The phonetics of classical Hebrew are hundreds of times better represented by the pronunciation of Jews who also speak other Middle Eastern languages,(Yemen, Northern Africa, Ethiopia). The Hebrew of Torah, would clearly make a difference between Alef and Ayin; between Chet and Khaf; between Sin and Tsadi and would most definitely Roll the Resh much like Yemenites, Ethiopians or Northern Africans. If I have to choose between defective pronunciations I would stick to Bertonov's readings of the Torah which do not feature the German "R" of modern Israeli instead of the classical Hebrew "Resh" rolled against the front of the palate as in Italian, Arabic or Spanish. Joseph HaLevy