The religious wanderings of Bob Dylan, Nobel laureate
By Kimberly Winston | 17 hours ago
(RNS) For the first time since the last century, this year’s Nobel Prize in Literature went to an American writer — singer, songwriter, author Bob Dylan.
At 75, Dylan is still filling concert halls and arenas and rocking late into the night. He’s been quoted in Supreme Court decisions, and St. John Paul II once built an entire homily on Dylan’s classic song “Blowin’ in the Wind.” The first volume of his memoirs, “Chronicles, Volume One,” was critically as well as popularly acclaimed when it appeared in 2004.
Scholars of Dylan — and they are legion, with many offering entire courses on the singer’s record catalog — have long highlighted the religious imagery of his work. From Old Testament references in “All Along the Watchtower” (1967) and “A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall” (1976) to the New Testament basis of “Gotta Serve Somebody” (1979) and the spiritual yearning of “Thunder on the Mountain” (2006), Dylan’s lyrics and music have long reflected his own restless, seeking soul.
Here are a few of the religious wanderings and explorations of the new Nobel Laureate in Literature, Bob Dylan:
Dylan’s given name is Robert Allen Zimmerman.
He was raised in a Jewish family in Minnesota and underwent a bar mitzvah ceremony at age 13. He married Sara Noznisky Lownds, who is also Jewish, and raised five children in the religion.
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