Numbers

Book 4 of the Bible, and an early runner for the most boring although it has its moments. As usual, the mind boggles at a literal interpretation of this stuff; every Sunday morning the churches would be a bloodbath, the main victims being goats without blemish.

I like the bit where some poor bloke is spotted gathering sticks on the Sabbath, and God instructs Moses to gather the tribe and stone him to death, which they duly do. Firm but fair, I say.