Oscar-winning Forest Whitaker who once played the ruthless dictator Idi Amin is reversing direction to play one of the Bible's most beloved figures in a new audio version of the Old Testament.

Whitaker is the voice of Moses in Inspired By ... The Bible Experience: Old Testament, officials said Tuesday.

The audio Bible, to be released in November, features an all-black cast of more than 200 actors, singers and clergy, officials said. The dramatic performances are set to an original musical score performed by the Prague Symphony Orchestra.

The cast also includes Denzel Washington, Angela Bassett and Cuba Gooding Jr.

"The personalities, sound effects and original musical score make this the freshest, most compelling and thoroughly modern way to learn and understand the Bible," said Paul Caminiti, vice president of Zondervan, the largest publisher of Bibles, the leading Christian communications company in the world and distributor of Inspired by... "The Bible Experience".
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