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The Red Tent, reviewed by Susan Jaslow, with comments by Rita Nalette |
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The Red Tent |
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• Jaslow - it provides a good look at Biblical history
• Jaslow - characters are involving and likeable
• Jaslow - details women's social customs |
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• Nalette - it's full of bestiality
• Nalette - it's full of explicit sex
• Nalette - the author pandered to the illiterate |
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The Bottom Line -
The Bottom Line - For those who think the Bible has enough sordid and sex-filled stories, there's no need to read The Red Tent, but for those who are less familiar with Biblical stories or open to a story with some odd sexual practices, it's a good read.
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Dinah, a midwife, spends much time in the red tent where women go for their menstrual cycles, illness, and childbirth. |
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A look at the treatment of women in Biblical times when Judaism was still a new religion in a pagan society. |
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Based on Genesis' mention of Dinah raped by a man from a Canaanite territory. |
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