Wednesday, February 07, 2007

The Bible and Dylan (6)

Thanks to Scott Marshall, author of Restless Pilgrim: the spiritual journey of Bob Dylan (Relevant Books, 2002, 188pp, pbk):

“Here’s a load of other references that look at Dylan’s religion/spirituality and/or Dylan and the Bible:

“BOOKS:

1) Stephen Pickering, “Bob Dylan Approximately: A Portrait of the Jewish Poet in Search of God” (New York: David McKay Company, Inc., 1975)

2) John Ledbury, “Mysteriously Saved: An Astrological Investigation into Bob Dylan’s Conversion to American Fundamentalism” (London: Quest Publications, self-published, 1980)

3) John Hinchey, “Bob Dylan’s Slow Train” (Bury, Lancashire, England: Wanted Man, 1983)

4) Don Williams, “Bob Dylan: The Man, The Music, The Message” (Old Tappan, New Jersey: Fleming H. Revell Company, 1985)

5) Clinton Heylin, “Saved!: The Gospel Speeches of Bob Dylan” (Madras, India, and New York: Hanuman Books, 1990)

6) Jenny Ledeen, “Prophecy in the Christian Era: A Study of Bob Dylan’s Work from 1961 to 1967, Emphasizing His Use of Enigma to Teach Ethics, and Comparing Him to Dante Alighieri and Other Poets” (St. Louis, Missouri: Peaceberry Press of Webster Groves, self-published, 1995).

7) Ronnie Keohane, “Dylan & The Frucht: The Two Wits” (Fountain Valley, California: Ornery Press, self-published, 2000).

“ARTICLES:

1) Daniel J. Evearitt, “Bob Dylan: Still Blowin’ in the Wind,” Christianity Today, December 3, 1976, p. 29, 31.

2) Noel Paul Stookey, “Bob Dylan Finds His Source,” Christianity Today, Jan. 4, 1980, p. 32.

3) Unknown author(s), “Has Born-Again Bob Dylan Returned to Judaism?,” Christianity Today, Jan. 13, 1984.

4) Clinton Heylin, “Saved!: Bob Dylan’s Conversion to Christianity” (Part One), The Telegraph #28 (Winter 1987), pp. 73-87.

5) Clinton Heylin, “Saved!: Bob Dylan’s Conversion to Christianity” (Part Two), The Telegraph #29 (Spring 1988), pp. 32-54).

6) Clinton Heylin, “Saved!: Bob Dylan’s Conversion to Christianity (Part Three), The Telegraph #30 (Summer 1988), pp. 43-65.

7) James W. Earl, “Beyond Desire: The Conversion of Bob Dylan,” University of Hartford Studies in Literature, 20.2, 1988.

8) Bert Cartwright, “The Curse It Is Cast: Dylan, God and the American Dream,” The Telegraph #46 (Summer 1993), pp. 90-128.

9) Laurence A. Schlesinger, “Trouble in Mind: A Rabbinic Perspective on Bob Dylan’s ‘Religious Period,’” On the Tracks #4 (Fall 1994), pp. 31-47

10) Mac Linscott Ricketts, “Setting the Record Straight: A Letter from Pastor Larry Myers,” On the Tracks #4 (Fall 1994), pp. 30-34.

11) Mac Linscott Ricketts, “Bob Dylan’s Church: The Vineyard Christian Fellowship,” On the Tracks #4 (Fall 1994), pp. 35-47.

12) Martin Grossman (with Ronnie Schreiber and Larry Yudelson), “Tangled Up in Jews,” On the Tracks #22 (Fall 2001/Winter 2002), pp. 44-52.

13) Markus Prieur, “Cant Let Go No More,” Judas! # 3 (October 2002), pp. 18-24.”