By:
Kirstin Thomas
Amy Matthews
Kelly Driver
Kaitline Reid
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Isaac’s death- doesn’t appear in the book at all,
but appears early in the Bible
Jacob and Laban’s meeting- in the Bible, Laban
is happy to see Jacob (29: 13), but in the book
he is not happy that he is going to be staying
with him (pg. 10)
The swap of Rachel and Leah- in book the
sisters trick Jacob in thinking that Leah’s
Rachel (pg. 31), in the Bible Laban plans to
switch out Rachel and Leah (29:23)
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In the book Jacob wasn’t angry that it was Leah
and he only pretended to be mad so he would
get Rachel as well, but he didn’t go to Laban
until the end of the full week (pgs. 31-36). In
the Bible it says that Jacob woke up the very
next morning and realized it was Leah and he
went to Laban and was angry(29:25).
The red tent- In the book they were all in the
same tent, but in the bible they were all in
separate tents
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Pgs. 117-118 Laban goes into the red tent looking for
the household gods, Laban goes into each individual
tent looking for the household gods(31:33-35)
 Essentially there is NO red tent
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Isaac’s death- pg. 150- Isaac is alive and living
with Rebecca, 28- Isaac dies
The story- book depicts as a love story (pg 190),
but the bible depicts it as a rape (34:2)
34:31 is the last mention of Dinah in the bible,
first mention is 30:21
As Jacob’s dying, he isn’t in the right mind/has
no clue what he’s talking about (pgs. 311312),in the bible Jacob is in his right mind as
he’s dying (48-50)
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**The author points out that “The Red Tent is
not a translation but a work of fiction. Its
perspective and focus – by and about the
female characters – distinguishes it from the
biblical account in which women are usually
peripheral and often totally silent. By giving
Dinah a voice and providing texture and
content to the sketchy biblical descriptions, my
books is a radical departure from the historical
text.”
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The Red Tent reconstructs the life of Dinah that
we don't hear in the Bible and the life of the
other women. It tells about her childhood up
until the "rape" that the Bible mentions. It then
tells what happened after that all the way up to
her death, which the Bible never says anything
more about her after the rape incident.
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What the women were thinking because they
don't speak in the Bible. The author seems to
put words into their mouths in the book.
The Red Tent reconstructs Genesis by filling in
the gaps that the Hebrew bible leaves out. It
also fills in the gaps of the women (Leah,
Rachel & Dinah).
The author, Diamant, wrote the book through
Dinah's point of view to get an idea of what life
was like during that time period.
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Joseph's story in Genesis 37:1 - 49 doesn't talk
about Dinah, but The Red Tent recounts parts of
Joseph's story into the description of Dinah's
life in Egypt. In Egypt Re-mose (Dinah's son)
tries to kill Joseph because he thinks that
Joseph killed his father Shalem.
The story of Re-mose and Joseph is similar to
Laban and Jacob's fight. This is another
way The Red Tent reconstructs Genesis.
Story of Dinah being raped
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