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The Blessing and the Curse: The Jewish People and Their Books in the Twentieth Century by Adam Kirsch

The Blessing and the Curse: The Jewish People and Their Books in the Twentieth Century: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Blessing and the Curse: The Jewish People and Their Books in the Twentieth Century runs 10.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Steven Jay Cohen (about 7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

10.5listening hrs
Worldstore shelf
2020released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 10.5 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Blessing and the Curse: The Jewish People and Their Books in the Twentieth Century at common listening paces
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30 min / day21 days
1 hour / day11 days
2 hours / day6 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×7 days

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What our data says

  • At 10.5 hours, it runs longer than 60% of the 7,179 World audiobooks in our catalog.

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

The Blessing and the Curse: The Jewish People and Their Books in the Twentieth Century is an audiobook by Adam Kirsch: a 10.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Steven Jay Cohen, released October 27, 2020, on the World and World Religions shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
10.5 hrs
Narrated by
Steven Jay Cohen
Released
October 27, 2020
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
World, World Religions, Literature
ISBN
9781705265529

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Blessing and the Curse: The Jewish People and Their Books in the Twentieth Century as an audiobook?

The Blessing and the Curse: The Jewish People and Their Books in the Twentieth Century runs 10.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7 hours.

Is The Blessing and the Curse: The Jewish People and Their Books in the Twentieth Century free as an audiobook?

Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.

Who narrates The Blessing and the Curse: The Jewish People and Their Books in the Twentieth Century?

The Blessing and the Curse: The Jewish People and Their Books in the Twentieth Century is narrated by Steven Jay Cohen.

Is The Blessing and the Curse: The Jewish People and Their Books in the Twentieth Century worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7 hours, saving 3.5 hours.