The Bible in Cockney: Well bits of it anyway

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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. Well, that was it. Over the next few weeks and months, all the national papers were interested, as were TV stations, BBC News, ITV News and more. With all that publicity, I received a letter from BRF showing interest in my idea, and the rest, as they say, is history. The drink. Based on the imploring of ladies who, when asked to "have another", replied that they "didn't ought". "Do me good/s" (wood/s)

As no cake can be eaten that has not been given (by a shopkeeper) and taken. Cake also means money, as in "a cake of notes" that also needs to be given and taken. "Helter-skelter" (an air-raid shelter) Acts of the Apostles• Gospels• Q gospel• Gospel of John• Gospel of Mark• Gospel of Luke• Gospel of Matthew• 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:Torah• Book of Deuteronomy• Book of Exodus• Book of Genesis• Book of Leviticus• Book of Numbers• Book of Zechariah• 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.

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!An effeminate man, suggestive either by their neatness of dress, or by "powder puff". "Cop a flower pot" (cop it hot) 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. 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. Referring to the speed required to run to such a refuge and the fact they were often underground. "In and out" (snout) 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?"

As flower buyers have to keep very early hours to buy their produce at Covent Garden flower market. "Fisherman's daughter" (water)

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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• This less-than-reverent online version by Brendan Powell Smith tells stories from the Bible using Lego. It started life in 2001 with stories from Genesis and today contains 391 stories with 4,214 illustrations. Though it is sometimes satirical or tongue-in-cheek, it is often used by churches and Sunday schools, and it's one of the versions that the Bible Society has welcomed as connecting people with the Bible in a new way. A term that enjoyed a fresh lease of life during the second world war and the food-rationing period. "Bottle and stopper" (copper) 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! 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•