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Looking for something to liven up your powerpoints in a course on Biblical literature? Don\u2019t forget to incorporate scenes from The Brick Testament<\/a>, that well-known retelling of (usually some of the more graphic and thus neglected parts of) the Bible in LEGO<\/a>. Tomorrow\u2019s class is on holy war, and the site has plenty to offer<\/a> that is relevant to that theme. Obviously a G-rated version would be great for kids, but that is emphatically not<\/em> what this site offers. On Wednesday my students will be thinking explicitly about what parts of the stories of David & Goliath and Samson they don\u2019t remember from their encounter with it as kids, and usually the decapitation of Goliath is high up the list. The Bible is not children\u2019s literature, and so we shouldn\u2019t be surprised if even the version in LEGOs is quite graphic.<\/p>\n

For some reason, while translation into LEGOs doesn\u2019t tone it down too much, translation into vegetables<\/a> <\/em>does\u2026<\/p>\n

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