There is a possible mention of the phoenix in the Book of Job 29:18, when Job laments: “Then I thought, ‘I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days like the phoenix.’” However, scholars debate the meaning of the Hebrew term often translated as phoenix. Later classical-era texts by Jewish and Christian writers mention the phoenix, and some Jewish sources add the phoenix to core stories of the Hebrew Bible.
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