The Bible in Cockney: Well bits of it anyway

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As I'm an artist as well as a Christian, I like them. One of our Sunday school kids has a manga bible. I've also bought a version of the Graphic bible. People are more likely to read a glossy magazine format, than something too wordy. As long as general doctrine isn't compromised.

Didache• Apocrypha• Nag Hammadi library• Book of Judith• 2 Maccabees• 3 Maccabees• 4 Maccabees• Books of Enoch• Books of the Maccabees• Gospel of Judas• Gospel of Mary• Gospel of Philip• Gospel of Thomas• Infancy Gospel of James• Infancy Gospel of Thomas• 1 Maccabees•Mary Magdalene• New Testament• Mary (mother of Jesus)• Joseph of Arimathea• Paul of Tarsus• Good Samaritan• Authorship of the New Testament• Magi• John the Baptist• Principalities and powers• Joseph (husband of Mary)• Nag Hammadi library• Messiah• Jesus• Gospel of Barnabas• Peter the Apostle• Pontius Pilate• Judas Iscariot• Book of Revelation• The rhyming slang version of the Bible was written by Mike Coles, an RE teacher in Stepney, and started life as stories he told to his classes. In it, Jesus feeds "five thousand geezers" with "five loaves of Uncle Fred and two Lillian Gish". The Lord's Prayer morphs from "For thine is the kingdom, the power and the glory" to "You're the Boss, God, and will be for ever, innit?"

Perhaps the most surprising aspect of this new wave of Bibles is how sympathetic the church is to people messing about with its sacred scriptures, whether in wording or binding, no doubt reasoning that there can be some good in anything that gets people hearing its stories. So, ironically, Soederberg's attempt to popularise the Bible by getting away from its traditional format is exactly what the people who created that format were doing. Jesus got up from his little feather and shouted at the wind, “Oi, be quiet!” and he said to the waves, “Oi, be still!” The wind suddenly died dahn, and it became really calm. Jesus then said to his chinas, “What is it with you lot? Why were you all so frightened? Do you still not have faith?” Book of Daniel• Book of Ezekiel• Book of Isaiah• Book of Lamentations• Books of the Minor Prophets• Book of Jeremiah•

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I'm from Turkey. I wish they would do the same for the Koran, make it more friendly and easy to read with lots of photos.

Douay-Rheims• Jefferson Bible• King James Only• Septuagint• Vetus Latina• Bible translation• Annotated Bible• Well, there's a planetful of literature out there debunking the Bible, so why not have the other side of the story set out in a contemporary and "hip" way? Next thing might be adverts on the sides of buses! And then, would you Adam and Eve it, a huge wind started to blow up, and the waves got so bloomin’ big that they began to spill into the nanny. It got to the stage where the nanny was almost gonna fill up with fisherman’s. But how successful these versions are at doing that is another question. The makers of the Bible Illuminated claim it has increased sales of Bibles by 50% in Sweden - though we are not told over what timescale. A version that could achieve such figures in the UK would be one of the most surprising Bibles yet.

I love these alternative presentations - it's just like what Jesus did, He went into the countryside and told people the Good News by using their language and culturally appropriate stories, these new examples are our culture's ways of expression, so in my opinion it is doing what Jesus said 'God and preach the Gospel to all nations.' Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 2023-02-04 05:32:57 Autocrop_version 0.0.14_books-20220331-0.2 Bookplateleaf 0002 Boxid IA40843016 Camera USB PTP Class Camera Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier Corinthians• Galatians• Ephesians• Colossians• Epistle to the Philippians• Epistle to Philemon• Epistle to the Romans• Epistle to Titus• First Epistle to the Thessalonians• Second Epistle to the Thessalonians• Second Epistle to Timothy• First Epistle to Timothy• Soederberg's attempt is clearly not altruistic, a businessman looking for his slice. Hence the easy triviality of his and other versions mentioned. It hardly matters to the Church, they don't believe half of what the Bible teaches. Didn't the main character of the Bible teach: "you received free, give free"? If you're looking for an alternative way into the Bible, there's no shortage of versions to choose from. Here are some of the more unusual:

At first the Bible was a collection of scrolls, then illustrated handwritten volumes. When printing was invented they were produced in Latin with pictures. Later they were published in plain closely printed text, in the common language, to get them into as many people's hands as cheaply as possible." I'm sorry Sharon, Croydon thinks it is sacrilege. I'm a Methodist preacher and am very happy for the Bible to be presented in any way that enhances interest and understanding. I think God has a sense of humour, too. So they left all the people, and the disciples got into the nanny and set orf. There were quite a few other nannies there too.Here, he retells nine stories from the Old Testament, and translates Mark's Gospel verse by verse. He ends with the Lord's Prayer-"the prayer that Jesus taught 'is chinas"--which could leave traditionalists writhing in their pews: "You're the Boss, God, and will be for ever, innit?" Book of Esther• Book of Ezra• Book of Judges• Book of Ruth• Books of Chronicles• Books of Kings• Books of Samuel• Book of Joshua•