TANGLED UP IN THE BIBLE

      'In this book Gilmour offers a thorough study of Dylan's reading of scriptures. He explores the ways in which Dylan transforms biblical images and concepts when he incorporates them into his literary world; it is an attempt to listen to the echoes of scripture in his published works.
      Gilmour closely reads Dylan's poems and songs and provides commentaries on several themes found in Dylan's work: the Sermon on the Mount and Jesus; apocalypse, justice and judgement; oppressive religion and religious irony. Through these readings, Gilmour calls attention to the various ways Dylan uses scripture both in an explicit and an implicit manner.'

- BOB DYLAN & SCRIPTURE, by Michael J. Gilmour, Continuum Pub Group 2004, 146 pages, softcover.
ISBN 082641600

UIncorrected advance proof