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The Jewish Bob Dylan (June 15, 1972)

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Bernard Timberg analyzes the songs of Bob Dylan looking for Jewish themes and imagery. He identifies messianic longings in Quinn the Eskimo, references to Jewish burial practices in Masters of War, and finds significance in the fact that the initials of John Wesley Harding can be interpreted as the name of the Jewish God, YHWH. Issues such as social justice and a sense of out-sideness imbue the songs of Dylan as they do the history of the Jewish people. Timberg also interviews a number of people who knew Dylan when he was still Bob Zimmerman in an effort to investigate the Jewish roots of his music, including a woman that was at his Bar Mitzvah and a counselor at a Jewish summer camp Dylan attended as a child. Also explored are a number of myths about Dylan that touch upon his Jewish identity.


This audio is part of the collection: Other Minds Archive

Date: 1972-06-15
Keywords: KPFA-FM; Music; Documentary; Folk Music; Bob Dylan

Creative Commons license: Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States

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Reviewer: cilvecs - - November 17, 2007
Subject: The Jewish Bob Dylan
BOB DYLAN IS COOL ARTIST!
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Reviewer: freemem - - November 8, 2007
Subject: bob the yid
So what! Only non Jews care about this crap. Get a life you sad bastard.