ABSTRACT
In countless Morisco homes, women emulated the patience and pluck of Rahma, becoming heads of households as husbands disappeared into slavery, hiding or captivity. Although the wife of Job has neither name nor active role in Christian and Hebrew versions of the Old Testament story of this long-suffering man, a Morisco version of the story gives her both. Although the Old Testament story of Job seems an unlikely text to hide from Christians, Moriscos concealed an Aljamiado version of this story not only because it was written in a forbidden script, but also because it had become a subversive text of resistance. The Morisco story of Job remained hidden with many other Morisco writings. The happy ending of Job's story must have comforted Moriscos even as oppression increased to culminate in the decrees expelling them from all the Spanish kingdoms.
