The framework of the problem addressed in the contribution is spatial images in biblical narratives of the Creation. In the analysis, the discussed text is broken down into three sections; a section concerning the priestly narrative of the Creation, followed by a section with the earlier Yahwist narrative, while the last section discusses the narrative of the universal flood. The analysis confirmed the richness of spatial images, which are not just ornaments to the text, but are often used as bearers of content in which the dramatic nature of the alternations in the relationship between man and transcendence is reflected. Comparison of the established spatial images with the architectural archetypal matrix of the sacral confirmed the presence of a number of architectural archetypal elements. These reveal new horizons of understanding the identity of the Christian sacral space, as well as the sacral space of other »religions of the Book«.
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