The Bible in Cockney: Well bits of it anyway

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Since people sentenced to that 19th century punishment could not keep still for a second. "Clever mike" (bike) 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• As in the idea of "so near and yet so far" relating to a busy pub with a throng of waiting customers. "Oily rag" (a fag)

As flower buyers have to keep very early hours to buy their produce at Covent Garden flower market. "Fisherman's daughter" (water)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• A horse racing term relating to the "tic tac" signals made by bookmakers. "True till death" (breath)

Referring to the speed required to run to such a refuge and the fact they were often underground. "In and out" (snout) Book of Esther• Book of Ezra• Book of Judges• Book of Ruth• Books of Chronicles• Books of Kings• Books of Samuel• Book of Joshua• Referring to the risk caused in disturbing the father of the household when he was taking his afternoon nap in an armchair "of a Sunday". "Loop the loop" (soup) The market stall holders felt that the sooner the boy stopped reading books and gained practical experience the better. "Merry-go-round" (pound) 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!

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As bees are the epitome of work, work produces money, the possession of which is sweet. "Borrow and beg" (egg) 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)

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.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?"

Acts of the Apostles• Gospels• Q gospel• Gospel of John• Gospel of Mark• Gospel of Luke• Gospel of Matthew•

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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. As a box of toys, particularly a new one given as a present at Christmas time, causes a great deal of noise to be made. "Can't keep still" (treadmill)