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Gilead is a biblical place, and its presence in Handmaid’s Tale is an allusion to that (ditto for the novel Gilead by Marilynne Robinson). It appears the compa
by alpinisme 2y ago
Gilead is a biblical place, and its presence in Handmaid’s Tale is an allusion to that (ditto for the novel Gilead by Marilynne Robinson).
It appears the company name is an allusion to the balm of Gilead (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balm_of_Gilead https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balm_of_Gilead)