The Bible the Old Testament According to Spike Milligan (Mass Market Paperback)

~ Spike Milligan (Author)
Key Phrases: fish knives, shittim wood, ten shekels, Lord God, Jewish Chronicle, Hushai the Archite (more...)

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Product Description

This is an irreverent but very funny spoof of The Old Testament in which, in his own inimitable fashion, Spike Milligan gives his version of the best known biblical stories.

About the Author

Spike Milligan was born at Ahmednagar in India in 1918. He received his first education in a tent in the Hyderabad Sindh desert and graduated from there, through a series of Roman Catholic schools in India and England, to the Lewisham Polytechnic. He then plunged into the world of Show Business, seduced by his first stage appearance, at the age of eight, in the nativity play of his Poona convent school. He began his career as a band musician, but has since become famous as a humorous scriptwriter and actor in both films and broadcasting. Spike received an honorary CBE in 1992.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Penguin Books, Limited (UK) (April 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0140239707
• ISBN-13: 978-0140239706
• Product Dimensions: 7 x 4.4 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #366,532 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars No Respect!, October 30, 2007

By	Adam Lunney (Australia) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

To start I'll say that I have not read the Bible, and maybe I never will.

This has to be one of the funniest books I have ever read, and is told in Spikes great way, which is so familiar to anyone who knows the Goons or Spikes recollections of his participation in WW2.

He lets fly on all aspect of the Bible, no holds barred. Apparently there was a lot of sex!

Reading this on public transport will have people staring at you as you laugh out loud with Spike's description of people and events.

Buy it if you love to laugh!

2 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars new breat hto old testament :))), December 7, 1999

By	M. Taylan Baysefer (Istanbul, Turkey) - See all my reviews

very nice book, If I didnt read the real, I can trust and belive to this one :)))

3 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars new breath to old testament :))), December 7, 1999

By	M. Taylan Baysefer (Istanbul, Turkey) - See all my reviews

very nice book, If I didnt read the real, I can trust and belive to this one :)))