LITERATURE, SACRIFICE, AND MIRACLES: A MORISCO REIMAGINING OF THE PROPHET ABRAHAM.

In a brief legend about Abraham, a Morisco author takes his readers on a journey through space to a magical island where animals talk and angels fall from Heaven. Despite these fantastic elements, by reading the legend closely, a modern reader can glean information about how Moriscos used legends to...

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Published in:	Comitatus: A Journal of Medieval & Renaissance Studies Vol. 50; no. 1; pp. 119 - 140
Main Author:	Hultgren, Robert
Format:	Article
Published:	University of California at Los Angeles, Center for Medieval & Renaissance Studies 2019
Subjects:	Abraham (Biblical patriarch) Moriscos Legends Isaac (Biblical patriarch) Ishmael (Biblical figure) Sacrifice in Christianity Biblical teaching on sacrifice Literary style
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