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Editorial Review:
Bob Dylan has had a profound influence on the shape of modern pop music (folk, rock, blues) and as a modern literary figure. He has also attracted enormous attention from both professional and amateur "interpreters".
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.
Tangled Up in the Bible: Bob Dylan & Scripture Reviews:
Dylan and Tangled up in the Bible 
2007-05-21 - Interesting but writing feels dead, due to the way it is written. Like an academic paper! This is the opposite of Dylan's Lyrics. I kept thinking it must come alive soon. Hard Work! Perhaps better if one had all the lyrics and could listen as one reads!. All that said I am glad to have read the book as it stimulated my thinking. Liz Farrands
Dancing with Mr. Tambourine Man 
2007-01-12 - The parallels Gilmour draws between Dylan lyrics and Bible verses are clearly presented in chart form. Far beyond my appreciation for Gilmour's scholarly research and ludidity, I appreciate his awareness of and ability to express the delicate shadings of meaning/feeling in Dylan's work, laden as it is with ambiguity, allusion, and subtle shiftings. Gilmour does not detract from its suggestive power by offering an objective analysis, but acknowledges that imaginative participation and personal interpretation are key to a rewarding experience in listening to Dylan.
