Problematika příbuzenství v posvátné symbolizaci hebrejské Bible

Abstract

The paper is focused on kinship system of Ancient Hebrews. Because kinship is one of the apparent way how to organize people to certain order it can elucidate at least some parts of other socio-cultural aspects a given community, in this case religion. The paper stressed how the kinship system forms the religious-symbolic universe of Ancient Israel and vice versa. The description and analysis is made through the methods of social and culture anthropology, through the theories of kinship in particular and through textual analysis of the Pentateuch.