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True or false: Before his conversion to Christianity, Dylan alluded to the Hebrew Scriptures in his song lyrics, but not to the New Testament. |
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Some have seriously argued that the Joker in "All Along the Watchtower" represents: |
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It has been argued that the Jokerman in "Jokerman" represents: |
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The line, "There's been rumors of wars and wars that have been...", from "Let Me Die in my Footsteps" alludes to a statement made by Christ. In what book of the Bible?
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The line "But I know I ain't no prophet / An' I ain't no prophet's son" from the song "Long Time Gone" refers to what book of the Bible?
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The lyric "And the first one now / Will later be last" in "The Times They Are A' Changing" alludes to what book of the Bible?
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7.
In "With God on Our Side" the speaker has "for many a dark hour" been thinking about what? |
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8.
In what song does Dylan allude to the exodus of the Hebrews, singing, "And like Pharaoh's tribe, they'll be drowned in the tide."
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What Biblical figure is mentioned in "Tombstone Blues"? |
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10.
Which Biblical figure is NOT mentioned in "Desolation Row?" |
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11.
The album "John Wesley Harding" draws Biblical allusions most heavily from which of the following books? |
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Name ONE of the two books of the Bible that Dylan says are the Jokerman's only teachers in the song "Jokerman." (Hint: Both are books of the law.) |
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In "Foot of Pride", Dylan sings "up on the stage they’ll be trying to get water out of rocks." He is alluding to the action of what Biblical figure? |
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To what Biblical figure does Dylan allude in the first stanza of "Highway 61?" |
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In what song does Bob Dylan probably allude to the following scripture: "And he cried, A lion: My lord, I stand continually upon the watchtower in the daytime, and I am set in my ward whole nights: And, behold, there cometh a chariot of men, with a couple of horsemen. And he answered and said, Babylon is fallen, is fallen; and all the graven images of her gods he hath broken down unto the ground" (Isaiah 21:8-9). |
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What one song probably alludes to all four of the following scriptures?
(1) "..and ye shall eat, and not be satisfied" (Leviticus 26:26)
(2) "Seeing many things, but thou observest not; opening the ears, but he heareth not." (Isaiah 42:20)
(3) "God will not cast away a perfect man...'till he fill thy mouth with laughing" (Job 8:20-21).
(4) "They build upon Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity" (Micah 3:10) |
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In 1987, Bob Dylan opened a tour by saying, "I'm going to sing a song about my hero." He then went into a rendition of what Biblical-allusion-laced song? |
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Based on a Biblical allusion in "Sweetheart Like You," who might we guess is the Sweetheart's father? |
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In "The Groom's Still Waiting at the Altar," which of the following does the groom most likely represent? |
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20.
What Biblical character is mentioned by name in "Every Grain of Sand"? |
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