The Bible in Cockney: Well bits of it anyway

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This arresting title is the work of the XXXChurch, an organisation that on the one hand helps people addicted to porn, while on the other hand taking the gospel into the porn industry. They print this Bible to give out free at porn shows and industry conventions, distributing over 15,000 in 2007. He, however, welcomes it with open arms. "You have to understand that what we think of as the traditional serious-looking leather-bound Bible is actually a relatively new format. In the Middle Ages, picture books - with people in contemporary dress - were the way most people read the Bible. This psalm is an alphabet psalm, like Psalms 9 and 10. Verse 1 begins with the first letter of the Hebrew alphabet. Verse 2 begins with the second letter and so on. There are 22 letters in the Hebrew alphabet but this psalm misses out the letter q. Verse 22 is separate from the alphabet verses. The publicity for me was just all great fun, and the kids loved it as well, with lessons being filmed, children being interviewed... and then the book was finally published there was even more publicity. I remember being well looked after by Karen Laister from BRF. As I say, I just found the whole time such fun. It's the most sold book in the world, but the least known. I want to take it off the shelves and put it on the coffee table."

Acts of the Apostles• Gospels• Q gospel• Gospel of John• Gospel of Mark• Gospel of Luke• Gospel of Matthew• Help keep us away from all the nasty, evil stuff, and keep that dodgy Satan away from us, ‘cos you’re much stronger than ‘im. 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?” This one got the seal of approval of Rowan Williams's predecessor George Carey, who grew up in London's East End, so must have known what he was rabbit and porking about. If it gets the good news out to people, and those people give their lives to Christ, then I am all for it. Those that believed are command to preach the gospel to all of creation, and I am sure God allows them to use their creativity to do so.

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?" 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. Most people think of the Bible as a densely printed book with no pictures, but a version of the scripture that resembles a glossy coffee table magazine aims to change that. It's part of a wave of radical presentations of the Bible, including a manga version and a Lego gospel. But how do Christians feel about these attempts to spread the word?

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• We hope we can all ‘ave a butcher’s at Heaven and be there as soon as possible: and we want to make you happy, Guv, and do what you want ‘ere on earth, just like what you do in Heaven. Many Christians across the Middle East are silenced because they follow Jesus. They can't always celebrate His birth freely and openly like we can. Bible Reading Fellowship 2023. Bible Reading Fellowship is a charity (233280) and company limited by guarantee (301324), registered in England and Wales. Goliath• Tamar• Tower of Babel• Abel• Joseph (Old Testament)• Firmament• Baal• Noah• Isaac• Ishmael• Amalekites• Curse of Ham• Jacob• Sodom and Gomorrah• Ezekiel's wheel• Lot• Nephilim• G'Tach• Joseph was Imhotep• Moses• Global flood• Cain• Gibeah• Abraham• Old Testament• Incubus and succubus myths• Satan• King David• List of actions prohibited by the Bible• Serpent seed doctrine• Leviathan• Messiah• Mark of Cain• Asherah• Nimrod• Sirach• Jezebel• Adam and Eve• Moloch• Book of Joel• Garden of Eden•

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The Bible is such a lively book! Of course there is nothing wrong with 'translating' the Bible for different sub-cultures... this is after all what Christians have always done. It is just now we can add a glossy finish :o) No matter how you present it in the end and to who the message is still the same and will never change; its always relevant! Epistle of Jude• Epistle of James• Epistle to the Hebrews• First Epistle of John• First Epistle of Peter• Second Epistle of John• Second Epistle of Peter• Third Epistle of John• Abel• Cain• Isaac• Ishmael• Jacob• Joseph of Arimathea• Joseph (Old Testament)• Mary (mother of Jesus)• Noah• Paul of Tarsus• Mary Magdalene• Lot• Goliath• Nephilim• Moses• YHWH• Amalekites• Baal• King David• Abraham• Satan• Joseph (husband of Mary)• God• Jesus• Asherah• Nimrod• Habakkuk• Adam and Eve• Herod• Peter the Apostle• Pontius Pilate• Jezebel• Tamar• Judas Iscariot• 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.' What he sees in the Bible is a profitable chance for people to look again at their world. "We are all affected by it," he says. "Morals are based on it, rightly or wrongly, government, laws. I'm saying to people: this is your history, read it.