"fresh and exciting interpretation … expert and stirring critique" – Booklist

The December 15, 2009, issue of Booklist magazine will contain a review of BOB DYLAN: Prophet, Mystic, Poet, as follows:

Bob Dylan's masterful and indelible songs beg for analysis. What is the source of the gravitas of his lyrics? They are loaded with allusions, clues, riddles, and, according to Rogovoy, scripture, the hidden-in-plain-sight heart of Dylan's transcendent oeuvre.

The author of The Essential Klezmer (2000), Rogovoy awoke to the primacy of biblical elements in Dylan's songs not...