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November 27, 2008

The Cockney Bible

I was just reading a BBC article about new Bible versions and translations that are being marketed to reach new crowds. There's a coffee-table book version of the Bible, a Manga Bible (that's Japanese animation for those who don't know), but I discovered a new Bible translation that was produced in 2001 that got me really, really excited-- The Bible in Cockney.

If you're unfamiliar with the term "cockney," it's an east London dialect that was made famous in movies such as "Oliver Twist." You know . . . "Why, 'ello guvna." They actually made a Bible translation written in Cockney dialect. In it, Jesus feeds "five thousand geezers" with "five loaves of Uncle Fred and two Lillian Gish." Needless to say, I went to Amazon.com immediately and ordered it.

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