The Red Tent
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The Red Tent
Anita Diamant
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ASIN: 0312195516

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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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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.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Loved it!.......2007-10-10

It was the read for my book club and I was surprised of how much I enjoyed it. At the begining it was hard to keep track of all the characters and what was going on but if you stick with it you won't be able to put it down. I would have never picked a book inspired on the Bible not becuase I'm against it but It sounds boring. This is book was not boring at all.

5 out of 5 stars The Red Tent.......2007-10-10

I highly recommend this book to those who are fasinated with Bible stories. It brings to life, a little known person of Biblical times. Along with all of the rest of the persons that we have heard about and read about.

5 out of 5 stars A story for women of all ages!.......2007-10-09

I have a hard time getting into a lot of contemporary literature, but I just LOVED book! I've read it twice -- first in my twenties before I had children and then later in my thirties after having my first child. In my twenties I was enchanted by the first part of Dinah's story -- her childhood and relationships with her various "mothers". Then, later, as a mother I was moved by Dinah's story after giving birth and her bittersweet relationship with her own child. Maybe I'll read it again in another 10 years...

5 out of 5 stars So much more than expected!.......2007-10-07

I donated my first copy of The Red Tent to the Goodwill without having read a single page. Because I'm not one to give to much thought to the bond I share with other women just because we're women, and because I don't have sisters or share a deep connection with many women in my family, I assumed this book was not for me. Years later, however, I decided to give the The Red Tent a shot; and it turned out to be a page-turner.

The Red Tent offers a thought-provoking emotional read . . . An amazing story of strength, love, survival, loyalty, and betrayal. I cared about the characters from beginning to end (regardless of whether I could relate my own experiences to theirs) and found myself so full of sorrow at one point I actually put the book aside and sobbed. Colorful images, beautiful descriptive language, realistic fiction . . . a inarguably well-written novel with immense depth. Highly recommended!

5 out of 5 stars The Red Tent.......2007-10-05

It was an excellent book. I really enjoyed it. It did follow the Bible somewhat but then it is fiction, based on some facts.
Anita Diamant's the Red Tent: A Reader's Guide (Continuum Contemporaries)
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ASIN: 0826415741

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5 out of 5 stars Great Read.......2007-10-25

I have read this and also sent it as a gift to friends that I knew would enjoy.....great look at women in another time and timeless in it's tale

4 out of 5 stars The Powerful Women of our Past.......2005-07-12

This was a great read, I had bought it about a year ago and never actualy read it.
Went on a road trip this summer, read it in three days. I could not put it down the story had me enraptured by the world that Dinah lived in, that I had to follow her to the end.
It shows a side of biblical times that has gone untold for too long. It is good to see the strength of women in times where stories of women went untold.
Inside the Red Tent (Popular Insights)
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
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Inside the Red Tent (Popular Insights)
Sandra Hack Polaski , and Sandra Hack Polashi
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ASIN: 0827230281

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The story of Dinah receives little more than a mention in the Bible, as it gives rise to a bloody massacre. Not so with Anita Diamant's The Red Tent (St. Martin's Press, 1997). Diamant weaves ancient history and culture with narrative fiction to draw a picture of what life might have been like for the women in Jacob's life. With skill and passion, Sandra Hack Polaski unravels the complexities of the biblical stories of Leah, Rachel, Zil'pah, Bil'hah, and Leah's daughter Dinah, probing aspects of The Red Tent that give us insight into the text and into the lives of women in the ancient Near East.

Inside the Red Tent brings readers into the biblical and historical contexts of the world of Dinah and her four mothers, exploring their stories through the tradition of midrash, sound biblical scholarship, and archeological findings. She gives us a glimpse "inside the red tent" at the families, relationships, encounters, goddesses, and God that defined their lives and that define ours.

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4 out of 5 stars Thrilling Biblical Fiction.......2007-03-26

If you are secure enough in the biblical truths to realize what is real and what is fiction, then this is a really good book to read. It is loaded with the culture of the times as well as good old Drama! I thought it fun to give 'Dinah' a personality and a story (even though fictional) because her story is not told in the bible. Remember it's fiction and enjoy! For fun, search the bible to see the true lineage and the truth between this tale and the true account of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

4 out of 5 stars Inside the Red Tent (Popular Insights).......2006-11-06

After reading the novel, The Red Tent, I found this a good follow-up to see further into the times of this setting. As we are studying Genesis for our Bible Study this year, I am encouraging my ladies to read both the novel and this interesting look into the women of Abraham's family.
RED TENT
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                  5 out of 5 stars Honest to God, laugh out loud funny.......2004-06-24

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                              The Clockmaker The Sayings and Doings of Samuel Slick, of Slickville(Large Print)
                              Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
                              • Nova Scotia meets Sam Slick: never the same again
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                              The profound creativity of Haliburton is evident from the thirty-three sketches that are presented in the book. With unparalleled humour and sarcasm on the literature, attitudes and politics of that time, this book established the author as a satirical humorist of international stature.

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                              5 out of 5 stars Nova Scotia meets Sam Slick: never the same again.......1998-08-31

                              Series of short stories written originally for The Nova Scotian in the early 1830s. The narrator while riding through Nova Scotia meets an itinerant clock seller - Samual Slick of Slickville, Connecticut. The stories concern the views and opinions of Slick about - well, almost anything. And, for the most part, they are funny. A great deal of the book is a satire or parody of the moralizing story popular at the time: although occasionally, the stories themselves do fall into the moralizing trap themselves. If nothing else, great history as told by a contemporary neighbour of a young United States. The period is equidistant between the revolutionary war and the civil war. In one story, Sam Slick expounds on the great freedoms of the American people: all men created equal. The narrator points out that it is the British Empire (and hence Nova Scotia) where slavery is abolished. Maybe, says the narrator, the American constitution meant all white people are created equal. The humour is often of this type where paradoxes and false syllogisms are revealed.
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                                    5 out of 5 stars Thorough yet accessible.......2006-03-18

                                    This is the textbook I wish I would have used as an undergrad - the explanations are thorough yet assessible. Most theory texts often try to teach a bit too much from the historical perspective without enough emphasis on the actual application of theory or fail to go into enough detail to be useful in the long term (Kotska.)
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                                    Francoli provides a comprehensive view of theory and its application in music ranging from the Middle Ages, Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, Romantic, and even pop and jazz. He is also excellent at providing a great deal of information about the finer details of harmony while also addressing the bigger picture of analysis by using a modified form of Schenkerian analysis. I cannot say enough good about this text but I do have to give one warning: While the book is very descriptive and thorough, it can initially be a bit wordy for the typical freshman. But, as long as the instructor is at hand to clarify certain ideas, as is in any theory class using any book, the students often remark they vastly preferred his explanations to any of the other texts I have used. My only other complaint is that the book doesn't include nearly enough on 20th/21st century theory, but this this is still my favorite text to date.
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                                          Harmony and Counterpoint: Ritual Music in Chinese Context

                                          Manufacturer: Stanford University Press
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                                          Binding: Hardcover

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                                          ASIN: 0804726582

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                                          This volume of nine essays draws together leading scholars in anthropology, social history, musicology, and ethnomusicology to address the roles and functions of music in the Chinese ritual context.
                                          Harmony in Context: A New Approach to Understanding Harmony without Conventional Exercises
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                                            Harmony in Context: A New Approach to Understanding Harmony without Conventional Exercises
                                            Paul Steinitz , and Stella Sterman
                                            Manufacturer: Belwin-Mills Music, Ltd
                                            ProductGroup: Book
                                            Binding: Paperback
                                            ASIN: B000PZSND6

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                                            This book gives a concise introduction to traditional harmony in its musical and historical setting.
                                            Instructor's Manual to Accompany Harmony in Context
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                                              Instructor's Manual to Accompany Harmony in Context
                                              Miguel A. Roig-Francoli
                                              Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill Companies
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                                              Workbook and Audio CD (revised) for Harmony in Context
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                                                Workbook and Audio CD (revised) for Harmony in Context
                                                Miguel Roig-Francoli
                                                Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages
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                                                          This package is remarkable, not just for being a huge resource kit, but because it includes a full working copy of the Windows 98 Beta 3 operating system (OS). This marks the first time that Microsoft has ever bundled a beta OS with a book. If you're not already part of the Windows 98 beta test, it's probably your only shot at testing Windows 98 and its supporting applications and tools before it is released. The bundle includes a free technical support program that covers the important areas of boot failure, data loss, and critical application failure (this program is available to U.S. and Canadian customers only).

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                                                          This is the authoritative technical guide required by system administrators and other MIS professionals responsible for the care and feeding of Microsoft Windows 98 within their organizations. In fact, this nearly 1800 page reference-along with tools, utilities, and accessory software on CD-ROM-is the most complete source of professional-level information on Microsoft Windows 98 available anywhere. To harness all the possibilities of Windows 98, professionals worldwide will turn to the MICROSOFT WINDOWS 98 RESOURCE KIT. That should make it as enormously successful in the market as the Microsoft Windows 95 Resource Kit is right now.

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                                                          Microsoft Windows 98 Resource Kit
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                                                            Microsoft Windows 98 Resource Kit
                                                            Abram; et al Spiegelman
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                                                            Microsoft Windows 98 Resource Kit
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                                                              Microsoft Windows 98 Resource Kit

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                                                              Ms Windows 98 Resource Kit
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                                                                Ms Windows 98 Resource Kit
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