![]() ![]() ![]() With Zilpah and Bilhah it’s a different sort of relationship with their sisters and Jacob. Leah’s leadership over the home and Rachel’s gift as a midwife give them the space they need. ![]() In the beginning they are rivals, but as they grow older they seem to live contently together. Leah and Rachel have an especially tumultuous relationship. ![]() It’s a constant balancing act between their bond as sisters and their rivalry as wives. The first part of the book goes into great detail about how they interact with one another and with Jacob. One of the most interesting things about The Red Tent was the relationship between Jacob’s four wives. They give Dinah the skills she needs to sustain her through a hard-working youth, a calling to midwifery, and a new home in a foreign land. It begins with the story of her mothers – Leah, Rachel, Zilpah, and Bilhah – the four wives of Jacob. Told through Dinah's perspective, this novel reveals the traditions and turmoil of ancient womanhood and the world of the red tent. In the Book of Genesis, little is known about Jacob’s only daughter Dinah, but through Anita Diamant’s The Red Tent a light is shone on Dinah and the life of women in biblical times. ![]()
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