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Handmaid's tale volume 2
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More than fifteen years after the events of The Handmaid's Tale, the theocratic regime of the Republic of Gilead maintains its grip on power, but there are signs it is beginning to rot from within. At this crucial moment, the lives of three radically different women converge, with potentially explosive results. Two have grown up as part of the first generation to come of age in the new order. The testimonies of these two young women are joined by...
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Handmaid's tale volume 2
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Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2019
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English
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NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER • WINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZE • The Testaments is a modern masterpiece, a powerful novel that can be read on its own or as a companion to Margaret Atwood’s classic, The Handmaid’s Tale.
More than fifteen years after the events of The Handmaid's Tale, the theocratic regime of the Republic of Gilead maintains its grip on power, but there are signs it...
More than fifteen years after the events of The Handmaid's Tale, the theocratic regime of the Republic of Gilead maintains its grip on power, but there are signs it...
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Simplify studying with this portable literature guide, filled with resources to help you thrive in English class!
The Testaments, Margaret Atwood's sequel to her groundbreaking The Handmaid's Tale, explores issues of power and collective guilt. This literature guide includes a complete plot summary and analysis; key themes, motifs, and symbols; explanation of important quotes; suggested essay topics; and a review quiz.
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A comprehensive book club guide to the award-winning novel, The Testaments, this is an essential tool for all reading groups!
Covering a wealth of information on Margaret Atwood's sequel to “The Handmaid's Tale”, this guide includes twenty-eight thought-provoking discussion questions; plot summaries of both novels; literary context; character breakdowns; themes & imagery; a discussion of the HULU TV series, and even a quick quiz.
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SparkNotes
Pub. Date
[2020]
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English
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The Testaments features explanations of key themes, motifs, and symbols including: power; collective guilt; embroidery; aphorisms; Agnes's dollhouse; Baby Nicole. It also includes detailed analysis of these important characters: Aunt Lydia; Agnes Jemima; Daisy.
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How can we make sense of the seismic shift between the Old and New Testament? From the early centuries of Christianity until today, many have wrestled with the complex changes between the Testaments, and how to make sense of them. The discussion and debate is spilling over into new areas today, and shows no sign of slowing down. In this fresh approach, the land, the sword, and the temple are traced from Old to New Testament, in order to find the central...
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Discover how individual passages of Scripture relate to the whole as you read through the Bible in a year. Every day, you'll read a selection from the Old Testament, the New Testament, and poetic literature, along with a devotional tying them together. The application-focused content provides insight into the text, answers to theological questions, and explanations for difficult passages of Scripture. And thought-provoking questions help you live...
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In Bridging the Testaments, George Athas surveys the history of Israel during the post-exilic era (539–4 BC), providing the framework for understanding the place of Israel and Judah as God's covenant people in history, and the theological developments that occurred at the end of the Old Testament period, leading into the New Testament.
An accessible introduction to the historical and theological developments between the Old and New Testament.
Bridging...
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In Bridging the Testaments, George Athas surveys the history of Israel during the post-exilic era (539–4 BC), providing the framework for understanding the place of Israel and Judah as God's covenant people in history, and the theological developments that occurred at the end of the Old Testament period, leading into the New Testament.
An accessible introduction to the historical and theological developments between the Old and New Testament.
Bridging...
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Duke Classics
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A keyword searchable edition of The King James Bible available for handhelds, desktops and laptops. Including Old Testament and New Testament, this is a wonderful tool that keeps the scriptures at your fingertips. The translation that became the Authorized King James Bible was begun in 1604 and in 1611 was published by the Church of England, under the direction of King James. The translation was done by forty-seven Church of England scholars,
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Written in Hebrew by ancient Israelites over the course of many centuries, the Bible is a collection of literature of multiple genres: narrative, poetry, history, and prophecy. Its books reveal a historic people and have served, as a basis for literature, law, and belief in Western society to this day. "Understanding the Bible: Old and New Testaments" considers the Bible as a work of literature that has the capacity to transcend time. Although the...
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The Bible is one of the world's most important books. From the epic stories of the world's creation and Exodus in the Old Testament and the powerful New Testament tales of Jesus Christ, the Christian Messiah, the Bible has served for millennia as a rich font of material for much of the Western world's culture and philosophy. Inside the Easy Guide to the Bible, you will find expert advice to the Bible's many important themes and characters.
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The Bible has been a massive influence on literature and history, especially in the Western World, where the Gutenberg Bible was the first book printed using movable type. It is a collection of sacred texts or scriptures. Varying parts of the Bible are considered to be a product of divine inspiration and a record of the relationship between God and humans.
The first part of the Christian Bible is called the Old Testament. The Old Testament largely...
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The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2014.
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English
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In approaching Christian scripture, trace the complex origins of the New Testament, beginning with the letters of Paul and the Gospels. Follow the proliferation of later Christian texts and how they were categorized, and study the composition of the first complete Christian Bibles in comparison with more recent versions and translations.
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All is not well with the world. All is not well with human nature, and with our religious convictions. Humanity needs brand new consciousness. Ascent of human spirits demands resolute spiritual revolt. It demands soundness of mind, sincerity of purpose and extraordinary courage.
Everything about the universe is meaningless-"completely meaningless!" says the Bible. The Quran adds that "the life of this world is but comfort of illusion... a pastime...
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This essential comparative religious studies resource presents primary scriptures of seven world religions and reveals their shared heritage in Zoroastrian tradition. Completing the authoritative trilogy alongside Three Testaments: Torah Gospel and Quran and Four Testaments: Tao Te Ching, Analects, Dhammapada, Bhagavad Gita, Seven Testaments of World Religion lays the groundwork for all studies of religious history.
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In a highly accessible way, The Old and the New is a call for Christians to discover-or rediscover-the richness of the Bible through a study of the links that unite the Old and the New Testaments, which Pastor Laurent Clémenceau shows as the heart of the message of the early witnesses of the gospel and of Christian faith today. In doing so, the author invites readers to discover how the Bible presents the identity and work of Jesus Christ that, as...
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Lévi links the Old and New Testaments by comparing the qabalistic imagery and concepts inherent in both "The Prophecy of Ezekiel" and "The Apocalypse of St. John." Includes Lévi's illuminating commentary on Ezekiel. He explains how the description of Solomon's temple, the great sanctuary of the true God, represents the Qabalistic or traditional theology of the Hebrews-even the measurements are symbolic and refer to sacred numbers.
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