Morisco apocryphal gospels cast Mary as a preacher who instructed the disciples

Evidence

James the Disciple said, ‘The Blessed Virgin Mary assembled the twelve disciples in her house after the Truth of the Gospel had been revealed to her and told us that we should obey it. She preached to us and addressed us, so that our understandings were captivated and our souls filled with contentment. She brought calm to our hearts by humbling them in those ways in which it is fitting to show humility, namely, prayer performed with care, the good deeds of a righteous man, and obedience to Allah. — L. P. Harvey, Muslims in Spain, 1500 to 1614, 1774

Categorization

• BMF: Mary as female spiritual authority instructing male disciples as a group evokes Jane Eyre’s strong interior-voice heroine gaining authority over men, though oblique.
• QUESTION: How did Morisco tradition justify Mary preaching, given Islamic and Christian norms restricting female religious leadership?