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How the Bible Actually Works: In Which I Explain How An Ancient, Ambiguous, and Diverse Book Leads Us to Wisdom Rather Than Answers—and Why That’s Great News by Peter Enns

How the Bible Actually Works: In Which I Explain How An Ancient, Ambiguous, and Diverse Book Leads Us to Wisdom Rather Than Answers—and Why That’s Great News: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the How the Bible Actually Works: In Which I Explain How An Ancient, Ambiguous, and Diverse Book Leads Us to Wisdom Rather Than Answers—and Why That’s Great News audiobook runs 7.9 hours unabridged, narrated by Peter Enns (about 5.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

7.9listening hrs
Christianitystore shelf
2019released
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What our data says

  • At 7.9 hours, it runs longer than 80% of the 6,701 Christianity audiobooks in our catalog.

More narrated by Peter Enns

Peter Enns narrates 4 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 22 hours in all.

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How the Bible Actually Works: In Which I Explain How An Ancient, Ambiguous, and Diverse Book Leads Us to Wisdom Rather Than Answers—and Why That’s Great News is an audiobook by Peter Enns: a 7.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Peter Enns, released February 19, 2019, on the Christianity and Bibles & Biblical Studies shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
7.9 hrs
Narrated by
Peter Enns
Released
February 19, 2019
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Christianity, Bibles & Biblical Studies
ISBN
9780062894816

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How the Bible Actually Works: In Which I Explain How An Ancient, Ambiguous, and Diverse Book Leads Us to Wisdom Rather Than Answers—and Why That’s Great News runs 7.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.3 hours.

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How the Bible Actually Works: In Which I Explain How An Ancient, Ambiguous, and Diverse Book Leads Us to Wisdom Rather Than Answers—and Why That’s Great News is narrated by Peter Enns.