home or on enemy or pagan territory? Is the hero safe or threatened, free or restricted, isolated or crowded? In the Gospels we slowly learn that the temple and the synagogue, which should be holy and safe, are actually dangerous and profane; mountains are more likely to be truly holy places (consider the Sermon on the Mount and the Transfiguration).4 Sometimes the spatial setting is absolutely essential to a story. David’s combat with Goliath depends on its spatial setting. First, the armies of