Riddle--Hidden Books of the Bible

6.23.02 | Unknown

[Charles Henrickson]

Got your new one in #115. But I had sweaty palms for a moment.

[Charles Henrickson]

My eye kept roaming back and forth until I found your new one in #118.

[Charles Henrickson]

I thought I was a goner, and I was really taxing my brain, but I finally found the two in #120.

One of them, though, I was about to include in the paragraph I'm getting ready to post. I think I'll include it anyway.

[ShadowAce]

I'm glad you liked it. Does a version exist with all 66 books? Minus, of course, the ones in two parts (Samuel, Kings, etc.)

[Charles Henrickson]

When it comes to word games, I am a real pro. Verbs and nouns are my speciality. Just like Michael Jordan, I elevate my game to a new level. "Why am I able to do this?" I ask myself. "It must be something in the genes," is all I can think of. But even if you're just an average joe, look for new combinations and you will find them. What seem at the worst to be nonsensical sentences can yield the names of many books--like the SIX in this paragraph not in the original puzzle. So when life hands you a lemon, keep a stiff upper lip. "Hi, lemon!" is what you say, and then make some lemonade!

[ShadowAce]

Very good. It took me a little while to find the felines' nemesis, though.

[Sloth]

I got 13 in just a few minutes, then it took me several minutes to find one more, and now I'm stuck at 14.

[Charles Henrickson]

Now I don't want to hear any "Can't"-icles from you people! You can do it!

Just be glad I'm not including any apocryphal books (like the three in this paragraph). To bite off that much may be more than you can chew. If I did that, you'd be mad at me. "He's drastic!" you'd cry out. You'd tell me, "Sir, a Christian gentleman wouldn't do such a thing!"

Yes, if I did that to you, you'd make a beeline to the exit. Or else the bell would toll for me, and you'd be draggin' me out to tar and feather me. You'd accuse me of being a loose canon.

[ShadowAce]

OK--You finally lost me. The closest I ever got to the apocrypha was knowing it exists.

[Coleus]

thanks, I got them

[Carolina]

Tobit or not tobit.

The Bell is tolling for the Dragon.

Bees make more bees.

[Charles Henrickson]

To prevent chronic lessening of the brain cells, keep your mind active. Try the new riddles at #115, 118, 120, 125, and 128.

[Charles Henrickson]

Well, you got one name from that one paragraph--but there are two more. And you got two of the puns from the last paragraph.

[Carolina]

Ha! How could I have missed: Esdras

Looking for the other.

[Charles Henrickson]

New ones from #115 on.

[artios]

kings and psalms?

[Carolina]

Got it.

"Sir, a Christian..."

[rdb3]

"Esdras?"

[rdb3]

Question: Are the letters rearranged? I understand that some are backwards, but I thought maybe some were jumbled.

[Carolina]

"Esdras?"

First Esdras with link to Second Esdras at the bottom.