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The Red Tent

The Red Tent

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Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Wonderful woman's story
Review: This was a great read! I could not put it down The stories in the Bible are somewhat thin, here the auther fleshes them out and takes you back in time.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: What a rich book!
Review: I began this tentatively, not believe a friend who said I'd like it; however, I more than liked it, I became glued to it until I rabidly got through it in three days, becoming increasingly absorbed in the characters. What a great read!

Rating: 2 stars
Summary: Definitely NOT a Biblical account
Review: What I found actually disturbing was how the author twisted the facts of the Bible. I would encourage you to read Genesis 25 through the end of that book to learn the true story. It is obvious that she took great pains to rewrite history or else that she does not believe the Bible to be truth.

What is most frustrating to me, is that she uses SOME truth and then twists other truths into blatant lies. Just to give one example, Joseph did NOT succumb to the temptations of Potiphar's wife and did NOT sleep with her. In the facts that the writer has twisted, she denies the power of God in the entire lineage of Jacob.

She sums up her theme in the last couple of pages when she writes, "there is no magic in immortality". Well, there may not be magic in it, but what she is really saying is that immortality has nothing to do with God, which is a lie.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Open your eyes and your heart!
Review: I just finished reading this book and will miss it! Dinah will open your eyes and your heart to life, love and death. The stories between fill in the details. A wonderful book to read. A wonderful book to recommend.

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Women's lives from a biblical perspective....
Review: Women are assigned to their rightful place in this biblical view of an early societal structure, depending on your point of view, of course.... Author Diamant has taken an interesting topic, a woman's position in the hierarchy of things, and given it life, following biblical outlines to form her story. I found the Red Tent and it's particular mystery a fascinating image, conjuring up both the ability of women to live in their own mileau, while also defining those monthly periods when a woman is considered 'unclean'. The main character, Dinah, is able to move about the desert camp prior to becoming a woman, giving her some freedom in making judgements and choices. She follows her heart, and since this is, after all, a biblical tale, she must pay the price of straying from expected behavior. The wages of sin, etc...While I enjoyed this book, especially the vivid imagery, desert sand and blood, murder and lust, I was disappointed to I finish so quickly. I wanted a little more, shall we say, 'meat' to make the story fuller and richer. Depending on the reader, appreciation can go either way, but for me, it was starting to slide into Oprah-land, once a good thing, now not so special to this reader. The writing remains consistently elegant and descriptive: I craved more of the really strong writing and less of the romance novel flavor. Would love to see this writer reach farther, perhaps even in the direction of Margaret Atwood.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Not for Conservative Bible Readers
Review: I really enjoyed the author's writing style, but I felt after a while that the story became a little too interior, almost claustrophobic--I wish that she had described more scenes that really transported you to the places in the novel. I also thought that the strongest part of the book was the best; after Dinah left the company of her mothers the book became curiously weak, and trailed off. Not surprisingly, I didn't find any of Diamant's male characters very engaging. I loved reading about an exclusively woman's culture (perhaps I should say Womyn's Culture!) but I can see where conservative readers who are far more familiar with the Bible than I am would not appreciate the liberties taken with the holy scripture.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: I loved it!
Review: Anita Diamant has done a fantastic job of taking plain facts from the Bible and weaving them into this intricate story of Dinah and the women that surrounded her. Marvelous reading for anyone, and I certainly hope Ms. Diamant will grace us with another wonderfully written tale.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: The Red Tent
Review: This was a fabulous book, and goes down as one of my favorites of all time. I did not expect to love it as much as I did, and was sceptical that the content would be too religion oriented. However, the characters and the story are so fascinating. In fact, the stories inspired me to actually pick up my dusty bible to find the story of Dinah, just to make sure Anita Diamante wasn't making it all up!

It's important to understand, however, that this is a novel, gleaned from a very short reference to the biblical Dinah. I think it can be enjoyed by those who have conservative religous beliefs, as well as by those with very liberal leanings. All you need is a love of a good book and story. It's very well written, and I didn't want it to end.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: One of my favorite Biblical fiction novels!
Review: I read The Red Tent with an on-line bookclub. Although I was afraid that many in the club wouldn't read the book because we generally read contemporary literature rather than Biblical fiction, The Red Tent caught on like wildfire! Each reader got something different out of the book, and it made discussion even more exciting.

As for me, I was reminded of the fragility and preciousness of female relationships. How important it is to share your stories with your children and grandchildren... And how much has changed since those times for women.

Not only did The Red Tent encourage me to go back to the Bible and compare these two stories, it encouraged me to speak up to others about other Biblical fiction novels, even those they would not normally read.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: A Breath-taking story!
Review: I didn't expect as wonderful a story as I found in The Red Tent. I always wondered how women lived during early biblical times, and Diamant presented a plausible story of how these tribal women lived and relied on each other. The characters are well developed and their stories sweep you into their lives and experiences. The reader must remember that the book is fiction, and not meant to be taken as a literal interpretation of the Bible.


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