Easy to read, easy to understand, easy to memorise, 1001 limerick verses here sum up the whole Bible for anyone who can't face reading it in the original!

Praised as being faithful to the text, each limerick numbered for easy reference, indexed by themes and people, The Bible in Limerick Verse will help you move onto the real thing, both for enjoyment and spiritual enlightenment.

Christopher Goodwins was prompted to write this by the worldwide response from his first attempt at limerick verses of the New Testament. University Professors and Bishops wrote to him saying how exciting they found it. Prison Chaplains, clergy of all Christian denominations said the same. Children saved their pocket money to buy them. A father wrote to say that it "had rekindled the flame in his teenage son." Grandparents in their nineties, and young parents likewise, wrote to say how helpful the verses had been. Read it for your own soul, give it away for someone else's.

Includes material on limericks, indexes for themes, people, places, encouragement to write your own.