The Red Tent

Synopsis

Her name is Dinah. In the Bible her life is only hinted at during a brief and violent detour within the more familiar chapters about her father, Jacob, and his dozen sons in the Book of Genesis. Told through Dinah's eloquent voice, this sweeping miniseries reveals the traditions and turmoil of ancient womanhood. Dinah's tale begins with the story of her mothers: Leah, Rachel, Zilpah, and Bilhah, the four wives of Jacob. They love Dinah and give her gifts that are to sustain her through a hard-working youth, a calling to midwifery, and a new home in a foreign land. Dinah tells us of the world of the red tent, the place where women were sequestered during their cycles of birthing, menses, and illness; of her initiations into the religious and sexual practices of her tribe; of Jacob's courtship with his four wives; of the mystery and wonder of caravans, farmers, shepherds, and slaves; of love and death in the city of Shechem; of her half-brother Joseph's rise in Egypt, and of course her marriage to Shechem and it's bloody consequences.

First Air Date: 2014-12-07

Last Air Date: 2014-12-08

Number of Seasons: 1

Number of Episodes: 2

Networks: Lifetime

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Top Cast

Sean Teale as Young Ramesses
Minnie Driver as Leah
Rebecca Ferguson as Dinah
Morena Baccarin as Rachel
Iain Glen as Jacob
Debra Winger as Rebecca
Darwin Shaw as Benia
Toby Sebastian as Re-mose
Will Tudor as Joseph
Hiam Abbass as Queen Re-Nefer

Seasons

Season 1 (2014)

No overview available for this season.

Episodes:

Ep. 1: Part 1 (2014-12-07)

The story of Dinah, the daughter of Leah and Jacob of the Old Testament, is dramatized, along with the four wives of Jacob. In the opener, Dinah listens to stories from the women in her tribe who gather inside a red tent.
Ep. 2: Part 2 (2014-12-08)

Dinah matures and experiences an intense love that leads to a devastating loss and alters her family forever.