The core problem of the present research are spatial images which appear in the Old
Testament descriptions of ritual acts of the patriarchs Abraham, Isac, and Jacob. According
to typology they represent a recognizable whole placed between biblical descriptions of the
flood and Jahve’s instructions for building the tent of his dwelling. After man’s expulsion
from Eden, these ritual acts can be understood as his attempt to re-establish friendship with
Transcendence. With the use of literary, archetypical, and comparative analysis we want
to present relationship between considered spatial images and attempts of Christianity (as a
new religion) to find its own ritual space.
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