I would like to point out that point “d. There is an Audio panoramic Bible which leaves out the parable of the lost son and the rest of Luke 15 because it wants to avoid any talk of God as a Father.” Is NOT true and has been perpetuated over the years by critics and I would ask for a correction please. Some critics allege the Prodigal Son story was intentionally omitted from the “Stories of the Prophets” in Arabic (Baghdadi dialect), the story is found in Luke 15:11-32.
There are actually THREE programs in consideration, the FIRST is called “The Story of Jesus the Messiah” an abridged program and the final part of the “Stories of the Prophets” series with selections mostly from Luke but also drawing verses from Gospel of Matthew, Gospel of John and Isaiah. This program was originally intended for cassette tape distribution in the 1990s and edited into two parts with sides A and B limited to 30 minutes per side (total of 60 minutes per cassette x 2 cassettes = 120 minute story length). The genre/style is an audio drama narrative story with multiple voices, narrator, sound effects, music interludes/intros/outros, and a “current/modern day” narrative story frame in an attempt to better connect with and engage our audiences and be more suitable for episodic listening. You will also notice that many of the passages are not in the chronological or verse by verse order, they have been moved to fit the narrative genre better and sometimes for clarity purposes. More simply put, the #1 reason you will not find Luke 15 in this 2 hour audio version is that the Jesus Film script was followed so that the audio would tie in with the J.Film very closely. You can watch the English version of the Jesus Film here… https://youtu.be/0feZQkHbCkM It does not include Luke 15.
The SECOND program is the ENTIRE Gospel of Luke titled “The Biography of Jesus son of Mary” and is quite long, Luke is comprised of 24 chapters, edited into 10 segments each roughly 30 minutes in length (to fit on 5 cassette tapes/CDs = 300 minutes or 5 hours running time). As is the case with the abridged version there are added sound effects, music interludes/intros/outros, and the same “current/modern day” narrative story frame. For time, length and distribution considerations the decision was made to produce both versions (full and abridged) as well as a THIRD version that is simply a re-edit for radio broadcast in 23 segments from 11-14 in length. You can listen to all of the stories in Arabic here http://alanbiya.com/ with the “Story of Jesus the Messiah” on the Stories of the Prophets page, and the full length version on the “Biography of the Messiah” page. You will notice that the Prodigal Son story is indeed included and you can listen to it starting at 17:16 of audio file iqs_luka_06isa3b at this link http://www.alanbiya.com/images/iqs_luka_lo06isa3b.mp3 in PART 6. As well as here on Soundcloud, https://soundcloud.com/sabeel-media/baghdad_luke06?in=sabeel-media/sets/baghdad_luke&si=978f5e12ea904c72baab62752ac288f9#t=17:19
Just because there is an abridged version of the Gospel of Luke does it mean this is changing the Scriptures?
Does this mean it is not the full gospel?
Does this mean it is omitting God’s truth?
Does this mean there are evil intentions trying to mislead the audience?
Emphatically No, Never! I strongly reject this claim. Critics need to see the full picture before making this accusation. With this kind of faulty reasoning, then one would have to levy this accusation also against the Gospel writers, John, Matthew and Mark, none of them include the story of the Prodigal Son in their Gospels and we know accusing them would be ridiculous. My sincere desire is to inform and inspire Arabic speaking Muslim audiences with the TRUE, BEAUTIFUL and POWERFUL stories of the Bible and that their lives would be transformed by the Word of God as they hear it!!
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I would like to point out that point “d. There is an Audio panoramic Bible which leaves out the parable of the lost son and the rest of Luke 15 because it wants to avoid any talk of God as a Father.” Is NOT true and has been perpetuated over the years by critics and I would ask for a correction please. Some critics allege the Prodigal Son story was intentionally omitted from the “Stories of the Prophets” in Arabic (Baghdadi dialect), the story is found in Luke 15:11-32.
There are actually THREE programs in consideration, the FIRST is called “The Story of Jesus the Messiah” an abridged program and the final part of the “Stories of the Prophets” series with selections mostly from Luke but also drawing verses from Gospel of Matthew, Gospel of John and Isaiah. This program was originally intended for cassette tape distribution in the 1990s and edited into two parts with sides A and B limited to 30 minutes per side (total of 60 minutes per cassette x 2 cassettes = 120 minute story length). The genre/style is an audio drama narrative story with multiple voices, narrator, sound effects, music interludes/intros/outros, and a “current/modern day” narrative story frame in an attempt to better connect with and engage our audiences and be more suitable for episodic listening. You will also notice that many of the passages are not in the chronological or verse by verse order, they have been moved to fit the narrative genre better and sometimes for clarity purposes. More simply put, the #1 reason you will not find Luke 15 in this 2 hour audio version is that the Jesus Film script was followed so that the audio would tie in with the J.Film very closely. You can watch the English version of the Jesus Film here… https://youtu.be/0feZQkHbCkM It does not include Luke 15.
The SECOND program is the ENTIRE Gospel of Luke titled “The Biography of Jesus son of Mary” and is quite long, Luke is comprised of 24 chapters, edited into 10 segments each roughly 30 minutes in length (to fit on 5 cassette tapes/CDs = 300 minutes or 5 hours running time). As is the case with the abridged version there are added sound effects, music interludes/intros/outros, and the same “current/modern day” narrative story frame. For time, length and distribution considerations the decision was made to produce both versions (full and abridged) as well as a THIRD version that is simply a re-edit for radio broadcast in 23 segments from 11-14 in length. You can listen to all of the stories in Arabic here http://alanbiya.com/ with the “Story of Jesus the Messiah” on the Stories of the Prophets page, and the full length version on the “Biography of the Messiah” page. You will notice that the Prodigal Son story is indeed included and you can listen to it starting at 17:16 of audio file iqs_luka_06isa3b at this link http://www.alanbiya.com/images/iqs_luka_lo06isa3b.mp3 in PART 6. As well as here on Soundcloud, https://soundcloud.com/sabeel-media/baghdad_luke06?in=sabeel-media/sets/baghdad_luke&si=978f5e12ea904c72baab62752ac288f9#t=17:19
Just because there is an abridged version of the Gospel of Luke does it mean this is changing the Scriptures?
Does this mean it is not the full gospel?
Does this mean it is omitting God’s truth?
Does this mean there are evil intentions trying to mislead the audience?
Emphatically No, Never! I strongly reject this claim. Critics need to see the full picture before making this accusation. With this kind of faulty reasoning, then one would have to levy this accusation also against the Gospel writers, John, Matthew and Mark, none of them include the story of the Prodigal Son in their Gospels and we know accusing them would be ridiculous. My sincere desire is to inform and inspire Arabic speaking Muslim audiences with the TRUE, BEAUTIFUL and POWERFUL stories of the Bible and that their lives would be transformed by the Word of God as they hear it!!