Strewth, it's the story of Genesis in Strine

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By Nick Squires in Sydney
(Filed: 24/01/2006)

The Australian broadcaster who translated large sections of the New Testament into Strine has turned his attention to the Bible once again.
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It was promoted as a "ripping yarn about Jesus of Nazareth" in which Mary was "a pretty special sheila" and the Three Wise Men were "eggheads from out east."

The sequel, More Aussie Bible, which recasts Genesis and Proverbs, will be published in May by the Bible Society of New South Wales.

Instead of the familiar opening of "In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth", Richards offers: "Out of the blue God knocked up the whole bang lot … God said 'let's have some light' and bingo - light appeared."

The Aussie Bible also retells the story of Joseph, whose jealous brothers sold him into slavery and told their father he had been killed by a wild beast. Joseph's father, Jacob, cries out: "He's been killed! Maybe a dingo got my boy!"

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