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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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Summary: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 maintain their religious identity. In the legend of Abraham considered here, a combination of literary styles and references to sacrifice show us how Moriscos reformulated an archetypal religious figure within the framework of an entertaining story.