![]() ![]() Dinah tells how Jacob is tricked by his brother Esau into going to his Uncle Laban’s property to find a wife. ![]() Leah is depicted as strong but moody Rachel is the beautiful, vapid mother Zilpah is the most spiritual and also the most eccentric of the wives and Bilhah is the softest and most gentle of the four women. ![]() Dinah sees Zilpah and Bilhah as her mothers as well, and though there is little focus on female characters in the Bible, Dinah portrays her family as a clan of strong and unique women. She tells the tale of how Jacob came to marry both Leah and her sister Rachel, as well as handmaids Zilpah and Bilhah. The book begins with a brief history of Dinah’s family, told from Dinah’s perspective, with a specific focus on the love story between her mother Leah and father Jacob. She is the daughter of Leah, one of Jacob’s four wives. The novel’s narrator, Dinah, is the daughter of Jacob and sister of Joseph. ![]() Published in 1997, it tells the story of Dinah, her experience as a woman in the biblical era, and the famous tale of her love affair gone wrong, as seen through Dinah’s own eyes. The Red Tent is a work of literary fiction and a biblical retelling by Anita Diamant. ![]()
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