And with that rhetorical question was born Western philosophy of religion, the first recorded instance of a pagan calling into question his religion based on a higher appeal to abstract norms of right and wrong. (firstthings.com)
And so we force each person and each generation to confront, as if for the first recorded instance, and with fresh amazement and apprehension each time, the same perplexity: «Is this strange, creative, aggressive creature truly a woman?» (religion-online.org)
This is the first recorded instance of its appropriation among the tribes of Israel, by Israelites. (religion-online.org)