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The Red Tent

The Red Tent
by Anita Diamant
Hardcover: Sep 1997,
321 pages.
Paperback: Sep 1998,
321 pages.

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Rated 1 of 5 of 5 by Elizabeth
A con
The title states this to be about the biblical Dinah. It is not. It is about an imaginary character constructed by Diamant. She should be honest and not use the biblical characters as a means to attract readers or to express her feminist views if she is not prepared to stick to the story.

Rated 4 of 5 of 5 by iminthetent
wOw
When I first laid my eyes on it, I thought, "Oh God. Another stupid feminism book." But, when I started reading it, I was so enticed I had to keep reading more. The graphic scenes are disturbing yet powerful. They made me feel something. Dinah's story is told in a truly spectacular way.

Rated 5 of 5 of 5 by Sarah
Great book
I thought this book was really good and well written. Even though i am not a very religious person, i still understood it and loved the story line.

Rated 1 of 5 of 5 by Chris
Disgusting Novel
This book was the most disgusting book I have ever read. Diamant takes prophets of God and turns them into masturbating sex-fiends who can not think with their heads. I skipped the first pornographic section as I was so disgusted by her gross interpretation of how she perceived these men of God to behave. I understand this is a work of fiction, but she uses the Bible as her base and turns beloved Bible characters into people the reader will hate. I am certain Diamant has no respect for the Bible or any of the people in the Bible- otherwise, she never would have written this most distasteful book.

Rated 5 of 5 of 5 by chick
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This book was given to my friend's 15 year old son as a required book to read over the summer. Very inappropriate for 15 year old boys, but I loved it. I would recommend it to any female. I just hope it isn't taken as Gospel. The story is not very flattering to Jacob and his sons.

Rated 1 of 5 of 5 by Sarah Politi
The Red Tent
Names of the characters are about the only truth in this book. It is sad when writers misuse holy scriptures for commercial purposes and not for truth.
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