âTengo Feuza en la Piyadad de AllÄhâ: Piety and Polemic in an Aljamiado-Morisco âCompanion in Paradiseâ Narrative
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The subject of this study is the Aljamiado-Morisco narrative, the Alḥadix Äe MusÄ kon Yako el-karniçero, found in Madrid, BNE, MS 5305; an adaptation of the popular âCompanion in Paradiseâ folktale type. Through a comparative reading of this and similar renderings of this tale, I will demonstrate that the Aljamiado narrative develops a detailed exemplification of ritual-like domestic practices that, within a Morisco context of use, served as a model for the proper care of oneâs parents. For his fulfillment of these practices, the protagonist Jacob, condemned by the members of his community identified collectively as BanÄ« IsrÄʾīl, is promised a privileged place in Paradise alongside the prophet Moses. Contextualized within an Aljamiado-Morisco manuscript, Jacobâs reward is reframed as a polemical victory for Islam over other monotheistic traditions; a recurrent theme linking several of the texts contained in this manuscript.
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âTengo Feuza en la Piyadad de AllÄhâ: Piety and Polemic in an Aljamiado-Morisco âCompanion in Paradiseâ Narrative
In: Medieval EncountersSearch for other papers by Donald Walter Wood in
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Abstract
The subject of this study is the Aljamiado-Morisco narrative, the Alḥadix Äe MusÄ kon Yako el-karniçero, found in Madrid, BNE, MS 5305; an adaptation of the popular âCompanion in Paradiseâ folktale type. Through a comparative reading of this and similar renderings of this tale, I will demonstrate that the Aljamiado narrative develops a detailed exemplification of ritual-like domestic practices that, within a Morisco context of use, served as a model for the proper care of oneâs parents. For his fulfillment of these practices, the protagonist Jacob, condemned by the members of his community identified collectively as BanÄ« IsrÄʾīl, is promised a privileged place in Paradise alongside the prophet Moses. Contextualized within an Aljamiado-Morisco manuscript, Jacobâs reward is reframed as a polemical victory for Islam over other monotheistic traditions; a recurrent theme linking several of the texts contained in this manuscript.
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