There are so many ways I'd like this blog to go, and so until I figure out how to format it in the way that is satisfying, I'm just going to have to have random postings that will just go here and there.
There is a book by Anita Diamant called The Red Tent. In biblical times, and probably after that as well, when a woman was on her period she would be banished to a tent until her cycle was over. I'm sure these women had some great times in the these tents. It is true that when girls spend so much time together their cycles coincide and so my friends and I have joked about meeting in the "red tent." Anyway, today I picked up the book and began to read. I must confess that I am one of those people who will go to Barnes and Noble and just read, never intending to buy the book (is that stealing??? okay, that's a whole new topic maybe for another time). I was so intrigued by this book that I actually bought the book! It is a fictional tale of Dinah in the Bible. Dinah was Jacob's daughter and the only mention of her is of her brutal rape and the avenging of her rape by her father's family. Well, this book just creates a story about her life and things she learned from her mother and aunts in the red tent.
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Sounds a lot like Francine Rivers stuff. I know we talked about her when I was there, but I continue to highly recommend her novellas. The ones I like most are about the five women who are listed in the geneology of Jesus. She qualifies each book, saying that she takes much liberty in creating a story within the biblical story. In my opinion she brings these women to life so beautifully, and only enhances my view of biblical truths.
Maybe I'll pick up The Red Tent next!
Well, I don't believe the author is a believer! It's interesting to see an unbeliever's take on biblical stories. She makes Laban out to be this perverted man and I've never gotten that from my reading of the story.
How interesting! I wonder what motivated her to write the book in the first place? You've peaked my curiosity.
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