Bob Dylan and the Bible, an index

Untold Dylan: The Biblical Index

This is one of a number of indexes offered by Untold Dylan, in this case an index of articles that cite specific Biblical references in relation to Dylan’s compositions.

A list of the various indexes we have prepared is here

In each case the relevant book of the Bible is cited with a link to the relevant article on this site.

Latest additions – to find the exact article please use the search box above top right

Bob Dylan And Charles Baudelaire (Part III)

Luke 11:13

Bob Dylan And Arthur Rimbaud (Part II)

Luke 23:28

Bob Dylan For Dummies

Isaiah  24:12; 25:1,2

Bob Dylan And Lucifer

Luke 6:31
Isaiah 14:12

Bob Dylan And The Angel With Four Faces

Genesis 7:10
Ezekiel 1:10
Revelations 6:12;18:9

Bob Dylan: The Circus Is In Town

I Corinthians 9:25
I Thessalonians 2:19
II Timothy 4:18
James 1:12
I Peter 5:4

Bob Dylan And Lord Buckley (Part II)

Matthew 7:21

Bob Dylan And Edward Taylor (Part II)

Jeremiah 1:16

Bob Dylan And Edward Taylor  (Part III)
II Corinthians 4:6;12:9

Bob Dylan And Johnny Appleseed (Part I)

Genesis 2:16,17

Bob Dylan: Strength In The Things That Remains

Revelation 3:2

Bob Dylan And Metonymy

II Kings 2:11
Mark 14:10
John 19:1,2

Bob Dylan And Mark Twain (Part II)

Genesis 4:1,2,8
John 5: 35,36

Take What You Have From Coincidence (Part II)

Genesis 4:2

Bob Dylan And Mark Twain (Part III)

Genesis 4:25; 6:14,19

Bob Dylan’s Little Cabin In The Rain

Genesis 13:8

Dylanesque RhymeTwist: Hardin And Hardy (Part II)

Acts 16: 25, 26

Bob Dylan And The Symbols Of Aĺchemy: Birds of Pray

Matthew 6:20-23
John 11:41-44

Bob Dylan: Maybe Someday You’ll Understand

Joel 2:31
II Corinthians 4:11

Bob Dylan And A Spoonful Of Fire

II Kings 2:11

Bob Dylan: Songs Of Hope And Fear

Song Of Solomon 1:7
Ezekiel 38:15

Nettie Moore Synesthesia In Bob Dylan’s Song Lyrics (Part II)

Song Of Solomon 5:13

Bob Dylan And Emily Dickinson

Genesis 3:4,5,6

Bob Dylan: His Gotham Ingress Revisited

Mark 16:1,5

Bob Dylan: Symbolism Of The Lion

Genesis 49:9
Psalm 36:11,12

Bob Dylan, William Blake, And The Eagles

Revelations 17:4,7

Cool Hand Bob

Mark 15:34
Luke 1:27
Acts 1:11

Bob Dylan Crosses The Mississippi

Deuteronomy 32:51,52
Luke 9:54

Bob Of Irony

Matthew 10:34

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Genesis

• 1:4 Bob Dylan: Gnosticism (Part III)
  1:26, 27 Bob Dylan: Mixed Up Confusion
• 1.27 The Three Penny Opera (Part II)
• 3: 22,24  Bob Dylan And Mark Twain
  22: 2
• 8:7 Bob Dylan: Songs Of Alchemy
• Bob Dylan: Gnosticism (Part I)
• 6: 4,5  Bob Dylan: Giants In The Land Of Milk And Honey
  16: 1,15  Dylan Like Every Sparrow Falling
  16: 15  Bob Dylan’s Conversion To Islam
  17: 20
  22: 2

Exodus

• 3:8 The Land Of Milk And Honey: Coleridge
  19:16 Bob Dylan: Gnosticism (Part II)
• 2: 21,22  Red River Sure: Bob Dylan And The Red River Valley
• 19: 16  Daniel And Dylan: The True Story

Numbers

• 6:24-26 Bob Dylan: Songs Of Alchemy
• 12: 1  Bob Dylan And Rastafarianism-Part II
• 13: 27,33  Bob Dylan: Giants In The Land Of Milk And Honey

Deuteronomy

• 32:35 Three Penny Opera (Part II)

Joshua

• 4:18 F. Scott Fitzgerald And Bob Dylan: The Great Gatsby

Ruth

• 2:2 My Ruth’s In The Highlands: Idealization Of Women

I Kings

• 10: 13  Bob Dylan And Rastafarianism-Part II

II Kings

• 9:32, 33 Bob Dylan: Which Side Are You On
  18:11, 12
  19:20

Job

• 1: 1,11  God To The Devil: “Make My Day” – A Job Allegory
• 42: 6,16

Proverbs

• 4:5-8 The Stranger In Bob Dylan’s ‘I And I’
  2:16-18
  4:6-8 Hebrew Gnosticism In Bob Dylan’s Songs
  9:1-3
  31: 26-28
  10:22 TS Eliot, Ezra Pound, Bob Dylan Fighting In The Captain’s Tower
  13:17 The Tale Of The Wicked Messenger
  16:14 The Gospel Of Bob Dylan
• 7: 6,7  Bob Dylan: Christ And Casanova
  8: 1,2,3
• 5: 3   Bob Dylan And The Greatest Story Ever Told

Pslams

• 68: 4   Bob Dylan And Rastafarianism-Part II
• 68: 31  Bob Dylan  And Rastafarianism

Ecclesiastes

• 1:4,5 The Stranger In Bob Dylan’s ‘ And I’
  1:14,15
  3:1,8
  9:11
  3:21,22 Bob Dylan And The Allegory (Part I)
• 11:1 Dylan Diagnosed With Dylaxia

Solomon’s Song

• 1: 4,5  Bob Dylan And Rastafarianism-Part II
• 4: 9,12  Stuck Inside Rome With The Jerusalem Blues Again
• 1:9,10 Bob Dylan And Andre Breton
• 1:10-14 Lily O’Valley, Mary Magdalena, And The Jehovah Of Hearts
• 1:13 Bob Dylan And Songs Of Alchemy

Isaiah

• 14:12 Bob Dylan And The Rebellion Of The Devil
  21:6,9 Bob Dylan As Isaiah: What Is Grass, I Asked
  23:18
  26:4
  40:6-8
• 14: 12   Bob Dylan And Lucifer
• 64: 9,10  Bob Dylan: Christ As Casanova

Jeremiah

• 31:31,33,34 The Persian Drunkard, He Follows Me

Daniel

• 6: 27  Daniel And Dylan: The True Story
• 7 :7

Ezekiel

• 1:1,3 Bob Dylan Disguises Himself As Ezekiel (Part I)
  3:23
  4:5,6
  8:7-9
  13:10,11
• 1:16 Bob Dylan Disguises Himself As Ezekiel (Part II)
  12:5,6
  23:11,12
• 4:1 Bob Dylan Disguises Himself As Ezekiel (Part III)
  5:1

Joel

• 1:4,20 Joel And Bob Dylan Change A Tyre
• 2: 1,2,13
• 3: 6,7   Jezebel The Nun

Matthew

• 10: 30  A Frankly Delivered Gnostic Message
• 12:30,31 Bob Dylan: Is He Bad Or Is He Good
• 27:55,56 Bob Dylan And Henry Longfellow: Conclusion
• 20:15,17 Bob Dylan And Gnosticism (Part III)
• 27: 41, 42, 43, 45, 46  Mark Twain And Bob Dylan

Mark

• 16:9 Bob The Ripper: Is Your Name Mary

Luke

• 1:42, 46 Bob The Ripper: Is Your Name Mary
• 6:38 F. Scott Fitzgerald And Bob Dylan: The Great Gatsby
• 22: 70, 71  Dylan Deconstructed: He’s Inside Out, Upside Down
• 2: 12  Bob Dylan And The Greatest Story Ever Told
• 8: 1,2,3  Bob Dylan Searching For Jesus

John

• 1:1 Bob Dylan Disguises Himself As Ezekiel (Part III)
• 11:2 Bob The Ripper: Is Your Name Mary
• 20:17 Bob Dylan and Gnosticism III
• 20: 11, 14, 16  The Duquesne Whistle Blows
• 18: 10  Bob Dylan: Thank You Very Much
  19: 2,3,10,11  Bob Dylan: The Greatest Story Ever Told

Romans

• 2:13 Deadwood And Deadman: Bob Dylan And Post Modernism

Corinthians I

• 2:9 Bob Dylan And Christian Gnosticism

Revelations

• 3:2 There’s A Slow Train Comin’: Bob Dylan
• 6: 2: Bob Dylan And Angelina
• 19: 11: Bob Dylan And Rastafarianism
• 20:8, 21:10,11 Bob Dylan And Gnosticism (Part II)