You better Adam and Eve it!

The Cockney Bible has now been published, receiving great reception from all around. Featuring passages with Jesus speaking in rhyming slang, this Book is even endorsed by the Archbishop of Canterbury.

Author Mike Coles, who has lived and taught religious education in the East End of London for 15 years, began re-writing the stories after pupils were amused by his references to Jesus as a “geezer”, and his mates as “china plates”, and tells how Christ fed the 5,000 geezers by making a huge Jim Skinner. It has been written by a religious education teacher from east London.

It also include a translated version of the The Lord’s Prayer.

“Hello, Dad, up there in good ol’ heaven, Your name is well great and holy, and we respect you, Guv. 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. Guv, please give us some Uncle Fred, and enough grub and stuff to keep us going today, and we hope you’ll forgive us when we cock things up, just like we’re supposed to forgive all them who annoy us and do dodgy stuff to us. There’s a lot of dodgy people around, Guv; please don’t let us get tempted to do bad things. Help keep us away from all that nasty, evil stuff, and keep that dodgy Satan away from us, ‘cos you’re much stronger than ‘im. You’re the Boss, God, and will be for ever, innit? Cheers, Amen.”

The Cockney Bible is available from Amazon.