Spatial images in biblical textsDebevec, Leon (Avtor) architecturesacral complexJewish sanctuaryarchetypeMosesExodusThe paper discusses the spatial images of Moses’ ritual practices in a block of biblical texts describing his work between God’s invitation and the Sinai Covenant. Three aspects guided the analysis of the texts: Moses’ relationship with Transcendence, the ritual and dramaturgical characteristics of this relationship, and the physiognomy of the spatial consequences of their interaction. Comparison of the findings with the archetypal architectural matrix of the sacral shows the continuity of the tradition of the Old Testament patriarchs in the spatial arrangements of human communication with God. The latter receives the first complex reinterpretation in the Sinai Covenant in terms of spatial as well as ritual characteristics. Due to its archetypal richness and roundness, it has all the characteristics of a prototype of an Old Testament Jewish sanctuary. 20212024-10-15 08:51:07Članek v reviji163967sl