- Paperback: 128 pages
- Publisher: BRF (The Bible Reading Fellowship) (4 April 2001)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1841012173
- ISBN-13: 978-1841012179
- Product Dimensions: 19.2 x 12.8 x 1.2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
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- #65 in Books > Religion & Spirituality > Bible > Readings
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A rookery nook that puts the Bible into rhyming slang? That's The Bible in Cockney by Mike Coles. I've heard of speaking in tongues, but rabbit and porking in Cockney? It can't be Irish stew...
It is. Mike Coles is head of RE at a secondary school in Stepney, London. When he moved there 15 years ago, he fell in love with rhyming slang and spiced up his lessons by rewriting parts of the Bible, like a missionary of yore, in the native lingo. The saucepans (saucepan lids--kids) apparently loved it.
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?"
As the Archbishop of Canterbury suggests in his foreword, Coles takes the Bible "out of the formal church setting and puts it back into the marketplace, into the streets, where it originally took place." And he is right: beyond being fun, this book recaptures the colloquial nature of the exchanges between Jesus and his disciples, and unleashes some of the power of the oral tradition through which many Old Testament passages were originally passed on.
Readers will either love it or hate it--it takes lemon and lime even to adjust to the headings (such as "Jesus heals some geezer" and "Jesus ain't dead no more")--but this is much more than a novelty project. Go on, I dare you--take a butcher's hook. --Brian Draper
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'It certainly is a good laugh while imparting the essential message of the Bible.' Reverend Stan in The Badge, the London cab drivers' newspaper
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
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The Bible is now fun to read!!,
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This review is from: The Bible in Cockney: Well Bits of it, Anyway.... (Paperback)
Dear Mr. Coles. Just to say how much I've enjoyed reading the Bible in Cockney. Like the children in school, I found reading the Bible boring, but you have changed that. It makes it a lot more fun, and the illustrations are great. Even my Dad who's 83 enjoyed rteading some of it and is going to get a copy. Good luck to you with the book. Best wishes, Pat Arnott
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
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Heaven's Above,
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This review is from: The Bible in Cockney: Well Bits of it, Anyway.... (Paperback)
Well I never guv, this as got to be the best way of putting the Bible across to the Masses. it is both funny and educational with the highlight being the Cockney version of The Lord's Prayer.
Well done Mike PS Don't forget to do your duty to both God and Man!
1.0 out of 5 stars
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This review is from: The Bible in Cockney: Well Bits of it, Anyway.... (Paperback)
I'm afraid to tell but the cockney phrases are not cockney. These seem to go against the cockney rules and regulations guide 2006 and so i feel undervalued by the whole scam of the book. It seems to lack the real essence of a normal cockney book and therefore the price tage seems a little too extreme. I shall not be purchasing any further cockney related items in the near future!
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