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Category: Book
Author: Anita Diamant
Publisher: Picador
Studio: Picador
Manufacturer: Picador
Label: Picador
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1st Picador USA Pbk. Ed
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 336
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 9.2 x 5.9 x 1
ISBN: 0312195516
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780312195519
ASIN: 0312195516
Publication Date: September 15, 1998
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Product Description
Her name is Dinah. In the Bible, her life is only hinted at in a brief and violent detour within the more familiar chapters of the Book of Genesis that are about her father, Jacob, and his dozen sons. Told in Dinah's voice, this novel reveals the traditions and turmoils of ancient womanhood?the world of the red tent. It begins with the story of her mothers?Leah, Rachel, Zilpah, and Bilhah?the four wives of Jacob. They love Dinah and give her gifts that sustain her through a hard-working youth, a calling to midwifery, and a new home in a foreign land. Dinah's story reaches out from a remarkable period of early history and creates an intimate connection with the past. Deeply affecting, The Red Tent combines rich storytelling with a valuable achievement in modern fiction: a new view of biblical women's society.
Amazon.com Review
The red tent is the place where women gathered during their cycles of birthing, menses, and even illness. Like the conversations and mysteries held within this feminine tent, this sweeping piece of fiction offers an insider's look at the daily life of a biblical sorority of mothers and wives and their one and only daughter, Dinah. Told in the voice of Jacob's daughter Dinah (who only received a glimpse of recognition in the Book of Genesis), we are privy to the fascinating feminine characters who bled within the red tent. In a confiding and poetic voice, Dinah whispers stories of her four mothers, Rachel, Leah, Zilpah, and Bilhah--all wives to Jacob, and each one embodying unique feminine traits. As she reveals these sensual and emotionally charged stories we learn of birthing miracles, slaves, artisans, household gods, and sisterhood secrets. Eventually Dinah delves into her own saga of betrayals, grief, and a call to midwifery. "Like any sisters who live together and share a husband, my mother and aunties spun a sticky web of loyalties and grudges," Anita Diamant writes in the voice of Dinah. "They traded secrets like bracelets, and these were handed down to me the only surviving girl. They told me things I was too young to hear. They held my face between their hands and made me swear to remember." Remembering women's earthy stories and passionate history is indeed the theme of this magnificent book. In fact, it's been said that The Red Tent is what the Bible might have been had it been written by God's daughters, instead of her sons. --Gail Hudson
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 Audio Book January 9, 2009
The audio was in perfect condition and arrived on time.
I e-mailed the seller with a question and received an immediate responce.Very satisfied.
MAKE THIS A FILM January 2, 2009
Yes, THE RED TENT needs to become a film SOON.
Who will do this?
A great story! December 24, 2008
Let me first state that this book is not for the religiously sensitive, anyone looking for historical/religious insight, or anyone who is easily offended. I think a lot of the negative reviews come from people with certain historical or religious expectations.
However, if you are simply looking for a compelling feminist story, you're in the right place. I'd place The Red Tent along side The Mists of Avalon for both historic and religious accuracy and content- so basically, don't look for it. But if you want a story about women, strong, spiritual, women, this is a great story.
This book touched me profoundly- and it is far more than sitting outside a maternity/labor ward, as on reviewer suggested. There is so much more deeper meaning in this story, and it's not difficult to discover.
This is one of my favorite books. If you liked The Mists of Avalon, you will probably like this one- or vice versa.
 Disgusting SMUT!! December 16, 2008
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
Although this book is interesting in a historical context, the sex and inappropriate portions far outweigh the good parts of the book. I felt like I needed to go wash my eyes out after reading part of this book. Filthy!
God Bless All The negative Reviewers Who Warned Me Away From From This FILTH! December 11, 2008
1 out of 10 found this review helpful
Fortunately I usually read the negative reviews of a book,as well as the good ones,because as a Christian they often warn of something offensive that I do not want to read. Thankfully,that was the case here with The Red Tent.There is no way that I want to read about men having sex with animals,or to read a blasphemous book that should have never been written.It saddens me to see how so many are so lacking in discernment that they would actually enjoy such garbage,and not find it offensive to God and their own beliefs. Christians have been bought with a very high price,and we are not free to choose to read/see/listen to whatever we desire,but we must adhere to the teachings of Jesus,who warned us to guard our very thoughts. This book sounds like it is on the same level as so many of those sexually explicit trashy non-Christian romance novels,which are nothing more than pornography without the pictures!
So I sincerely thank all those reviewers who shared their thoughtful and often heartfelt reasons for their objections to this book. I thought the premise sounded interesting,as I once read a wonderful fictionalized account of living during the time Jesus walked with men,'The Kingdom And The Crown' 3-book series by Gerald N. Lund ,and I loved it,but I would have been very offended had I read The Red Tent. The reviewers here saved me from making that mistake.
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