The biblical background in 'San Miguel Bueno, Martir' by Miguel de Unamuno

The aim of this essay is to identify the biblical background underlying Una muno's "Manuel Bueno, martir". This is effected through a meticulous tracin g of facts and characters present both in the Old and the New Testament. Th e female narrator assumes the character of an evangelical voice relating th e life of D. Manuel, a humble parish priest, in whom the figures of Moses a nd Christ are fused, together which diverse facts related to them. The know ledge of these relationships is indispensible for a thorough understanding of Unamuno's text.