What famous book opens with the line "In the beginning..."?

KIWI IN OZ

The Bible. In the beginning was the word and the word was God. Jul 14 03, 10:43 PM

Jecca

The Bible. "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth." Jul 14 03, 11:35 PM

Bryce-

Yes Jecca, your quote is correct...Kiwi you quote the start of John's Gospel, which is the fourth book in the New Testament. Jul 15 03, 4:30 AM

mk2norwich

Last year I came across a so-called 'bible' written in "street" language (whatever that may actually be), and the opening line of what was supposed to be the book of Genesis went something like "Right. First of all, there was nothing, and then ZAP! Stuff everywhere". Doesn't really work, does it? Jul 15 03, 7:06 AM

Linus_337

There was also a version of The Bible written in cockney rhyming slang (eg "So Jesus put his hands on the geezer's mince pies and the bloke said `Blimey, Guv, I can see your boat race clear as day'"). The "Rhyming slang" version was written by a teacher or religios education, with the aim of making The Bible and religion generally, more accessible. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/1190945.stm Jul 15 03, 7:41 AM