![]() ![]() ![]() Then the other sons ransacked the city and took “All their wealth, all their little ones and their wives, all that was in the houses, they captured and made their prey.” This is all we hear of Dinah, who is taken “out of Shechem’s house” by her brothers. The Hivites agreed and as they lay sore from the procedure, two of Dinah’s brothers, Simon and Levi, killed all the men. Her father and brothers pretended to agree to the proposal and asked only that the Hivites be circumcised. The book also says Shechem’s “soul was drawn to Dinah” and he wanted to marry her. According to the biblical account, Dinah was raped by Shechem, son of Hamor the Hivite. ![]() The Red Tent is a reimagining of the story of Dinah, the only daughter of Jacob, the man who, according to the Bible wrestled an angel and won the name ‘Israel’ and whose 12 sons became the 12 tribes of Israel. Yet it seems ageless and as relevant as it was nearly two decades ago, which, while it testifies to the joys of this work, is also a sad comment on the state of women in our society. I discovered The Red Tent by Anita Diamant 21 years after it was first published. ![]()
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