The first five books of the Bible viewed as a unit, see Torah. Phoenicia The coastal strip where city-states like Tyre, Sidon and Byblos were renowned particularly for their long distance trade by sea. In contrast to the Israelites who seemed, as a landlocked people with few lakes or rivers, to fear the sea. Descendants of the Canaanites of this coastal strip, the Phoenicians founded colonies far away - including Carthage. The study of phenomena, that is things that appear or are perceived.
Stories begin from a certain situation which poses a problem or shows up something lacking.
Refers to first impressions, or to an argument based upon these. The Hebrew canon divides the Scriptures in a different way from the LXX whose order most modern English Bibles follow. The prophets include two groups of books. Is the name given not only to the songs and poems of the book of Psalms, but to all examples of Israel's poetry which seem designed for use in worship. Within the Bible, Isaiah chapters 40ff. are often believed to be pseudonymous, written during the period of Persian rule but offered to the reader in the name of Isaiah, who lived during the period of Assyrian ascendancy.