“I have two comments...
#1 I am so glad to hear that someone else felt like they knew Dinah by the end of the book. I may be a sap, but I literally had a tear in my eye when I closed it.
#2 On the idea of this being heretical... Dinah was so little mentioned in the Bible that I am not sure how "heretical" it is to flesh out her character and story. Marek Halter has written some beautiful books about Bibilical women, as well. Are we to assume that any added detail (in works of fiction, I might add) should be considered heretical? I just don't know about that.
Okay, okay, this makes point three, but who's counting? Although I am a Christian, I find that many of my brothers and sisters get overly offended by things they read, are made to study in a course, or see on TV. What I mean by that is that I think one's faith should be able to withstand another point of view. Just because I read something doesn't mean I adopt it as my own view. I really don't mean to be preachy, but this is something that really disturbs me.”
posted Monday, May 12 2008