Tanakh: Audiobook
Part of JPS Audio Bible
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Tanakh audiobook runs 60.5 hours unabridged, narrated by M.D. Laufer and Anne Riley and others (about 40.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 60.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 121 days |
| 1 hour / day | 61 days |
| 2 hours / day | 31 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 41 days |
You'll finish in – by –
Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 60.5 hours, it runs longer than 97% of the 3,963 Bibles & Biblical Studies audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by M.D. Laufer
M.D. Laufer narrates 13 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 100 hours in all.
About as long, on the Bibles & Biblical Studies shelf
35 Bibles & Biblical Studies audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
Tanakh is an audiobook by The Jewish Publication Society: a 60.5-hour unabridged recording, read by M.D. Laufer, Anne Riley and Kathy Ford and others, released March 1, 2010, on the Bibles & Biblical Studies shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 60.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- M.D. Laufer, Anne Riley, Kathy Ford, Jonathan Roumie, Michael Bernstein, Norma Fire
- Released
- March 1, 2010
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Bibles & Biblical Studies
- Series
- JPS Audio Bible
- ISBN
- 9780827610668
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Tanakh audiobook?
Tanakh runs 60.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 40.3 hours.
Is the Tanakh audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Tanakh?
Tanakh is narrated by M.D. Laufer, Anne Riley, Kathy Ford and Jonathan Roumie and others.
Is Tanakh worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 40.3 hours, saving 20.2 hours.