Mason, Katelyn Sarah2009-11-132009-11-132009-06https://hdl.handle.net/1794/9962iv, 69 p. A THESIS Presented to the Department of Romance Languages and the Clark Honors College of the University of Oregon in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Arts, June 2009. A print copy of this thesis is available through the UO Libraries. Search the library catalog for the location and call number.This paper is a translation and study of El Relato del Nacimiento de Jesus, an aljamiado story of the birth of Jesus, written by underground Muslims in Spain during the Spanish Inquisition circa the sixteenth century. Main findings include parallels between the text, the Bible, the Qur'an, and other traditional Islamic texts. In general, the narrative favors Muslim principle over Christian parallels, though the two are interwoven in order to reconcile the dual Catholic/Islamic identities of the sixteenth century Moriscos.en-USJesus Christ -- NativityJesus Christ -- Islamic interpretationsThesis