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Title: Biblical Tour De Force Is Offensive to Religious People
Review: To all religious Jews and conservative Christians who are considering reading "The Red Tent", I issue a warning: you will find the premise of this book deeply offensive, as I have. It takes the biblical narratives of the Patriarchs and Matriarchs of the Jewish people and twists them so that Jacob, Rebecca, Rachel, and Leah are portrayed as idolaters who worship Mesopotamian gods and have only the basest possible morality. It is a feminist "retelling" of one of the chief stories of Genesis, presenting biblical men in the worst possible light, with Jacob as a greedy, lustful, misogynistic self-seeking weakling. The historical accuracy of this book is also practically non-existant; Rachel is made a blonde, which is obsurd considering that she lived in ancient Mesopotamia, which is today modern Iraq. One of the few saving graces of this book is that the writing is superb; but it is not enough to convince you to wade through this river of lies.
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