![]() ![]() ![]() This grotesque demand is followed by the depraved and blasphemous slaughter of the entire house of Shechem after which, Dinah is never mentioned ![]() Despite their discontentment, Jacob agrees to ratify the proposed conjugal contract if the men of Shechem allow themselves toīe circumcised and thus transformed into Jacobites. Mightily displeased and the king’s ostensible kindness goes unrequited. Upon the forced loss ofĭinah’s virginity, Shalem, prince of Shechem, requests that his father, the King, proffer an abundance of gifts and warm overtures to Jacob in the hopes of “buying” Dinah. The story is based upon the Torah, Genesis 34, whichĭetails the rape of Dinah by the debauched prince of Shechem and the subsequent acts of surgical mutilation and homicide invoked by Dinah’s brothers, the vengeful Jacobites. "The Red Tent" is a compelling, inventive portrayal of the life of Dinah, the daughter of the biblical patriarch Jacob and his second wife Leah. ![]()
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