The various Christian denominations set their own categories of prohibited incestuous relationships, which have changed from time to time. (See also Forbidden relationships in Judaism.) The Karaites reject the authority of Talmudic opinions and interpret the biblical prohibitions differently. Jewish views on incest are based on the biblical categories of forbidden relationships and have been subject to rabbinic interpretations in the Talmud. Leviticus 18:7–18 and 20:11–21, but also in Deuteronomy. These prohibitions are found predominantly in
Incest in the Bible refers to sexual relations between certain close kinship relationships which are prohibited by the Hebrew Bible.
