7/8/2023 0 Comments Story of dinah the red tentPeople still bled the same, cried the same, laughed the same and were traumatised by the same things. Even though there were different customs in ancient Israel compared to today, the biological and psychological structure of people were the same. Although women weren’t treated equally by men, their stories were still given importance in the Hebrew Bible. The family life of daughters in ancient Israel is different from the equal life women in Israel live today. It was highly unlikely for Dinah to have been in love with the prince since she hadno agency in the ancient world, as women were mostly property of their husbands and fathers. A brutal rape has been turned into a romantic fairytale. However, in the popular culture hit miniseries, Red Tent, it was portrayed as a love story. We have been told the story of Dinah and how she was defiled by a Canaanite prince.
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