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Title: It's not a Bible story....it's just a story. Enjoy it!
Review: To approach "The Red Tent" as a Bible story really does the book an injustice. It's really falls more into the category of a historical novel (though some might argue that the Bible is not "history").The author takes the basic elements from Genesis, throws in a bit of historical anthropology and a healthy dash of Lifetime Television for Women to create a story that is enjoyable, engaging and thought-provoking.To say that this book "misses the revolutionary nature of Abram's and Jacob's practice" is really missing the point. This is not a book about the roots of Judaism or any religion for that matter. And it's not about Abram or Jacob or Joseph. It's just a story -- more precisely, one based on the "what if" wonderings of an imaginative and learned author.Keep in mind that if they made this book into a TV show, it would be a mini-series not a documentary. Enjoy it for what it is.
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