The The Bible, Religion, and Power in Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale: A Close Reading from the Perspective of Biblical Scholarship

This article offers a close reading of Atwood’s famous novel from the perspective of biblical scholarship. Anyone who reads The Handmaid’s Tale will readily notice how strongly biblical texts inform the narrative and the fictional world of Gilead. This relationship begins with Genesis 30:1-3, which...

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Subtitles:Fiction, Religion and Politics in The Handmaid’s Tale
Main Author: Hartenstein, Friedhelm 1960- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Institut f. Fundamentaltheologie 2024
In: Journal for religion, film and media
Year: 2024, Volume: 10, Issue: 1, Pages: 25-46
Further subjects:B Power and Reproduction
B Law
B Surrogate Motherhood
B Bible
B Ideology
B Religion
B Biopolitics
B Margaret Atwood
B Old Testament
B The Handmaid's Tale
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