Bob Dylan's Jesus Years Busy Being Born … Again!

cloudofwit »

Sat Oct 18, 2008 3:15 am Agree: 0   Disagree: 0

Perhaps there's a curse of sorts for public figures: Reaffirm what has been the case or else here come the doubters. I certainly don't know Bob Dylan personally, nor claim omniscient abilities, but the public record is there that the guy had a very personal experience with Jesus and in his entire career (4 decades plus) it could easily
be argued that the most he ever shared about his personal situation was when he came to Jesus. Maybe it was too much. Dylan has evolved and matured. He's had his joys and sorrows. Who's going to claim he doesn't have feet of clay?

For those interested, I penned a book entitled "Restless Pilgrim: The Spiritual Journey of Bob Dylan" back in 2002 (Relevant Books). Whatever its shortcomings, it delivered a decent blow to the nonsense that Dylan renounced his faith or "returned to Judaism" (re: inference being he renounced Jesus). For what it's worth, I don't think he renounced one iota of his Jewishness nor do I think he tried Jesus on like a pair of pants and then moved on. Shalom, and may the Lord have mercy on us all...