The Aussie Bible (Well, bits of it anyway!)

by Kel Richards | Religion & Spirituality |
ISBN: Global Overview for this book
Registered by spbooks of Aberfoyle Park, South Australia Australia on 10/19/2004
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Journal Entry 1 by spbooks from Aberfoyle Park, South Australia Australia on Tuesday, October 19, 2004
Kel Richards retells parts of the Bible with very Aussie colloquialisms. Because of the specific agenda of using Australian slang and colloquialism, it seemed a bit forced at times. Here's a sample:

'Jesus is born (Luke 2:7 -7)

'In those days Caesar Augustus ordered a head count
of the whole Roman world. (This was the first big
tally, when Quirinius ran the Syrian branch of the
empire.) And everyone had to go back to the bit of
country they were born in to fill in the forms.

'So Joe hiked up from Nazareth (in Galilee shire)
to Bethlehem (in Judea shire) because this spot in
the mulga was where King David came from, and
Joe's family tree had King David tip in the top
branches. He went there to fill in the forms and sign
the register with his fiancee, Mary, who was pretty
near nine months by this time. While they were
there, she gave birth to a baby boy. She wrapped him
in a bunny rug, and tucked him up in a feed trough
in a back shed, because the pub was full to bursting.'

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