Philistines, Greece, and Ireland
Brit-Am Preamble.
In the past we have described how the Lost Ten Tribes were exiled both by Land and over Sea.
By Land they were taken away by Assyria to the north and from there they eventually moved overland into West Europe.
By Sea the Assyrians were attempting to re-establish themselves in the west and setting up colonies. They were using Phoenicians (from Tyre and Sidon), and Philistines as their agents. This is referred to in the Book of Amos and elsewhere. Edomites were also involved. The term "Edomite" may also have involved entities from Greece and Italy.
The Prophet Amos referred to captive Israelites being transported overseas in ships.
"HEAR THIS WORD, YE KINE OF BASHAN, THAT ARE IN THE MOUNTAINS OF SAMARIA, WHICH OPPRESS THE POOR, WHICH CRUSH THE NEEDY, SAYING TO THEIR HUSBANDS, BRING AND LET US DRINK... THE DAYS SHALL COME UPON YOU, THAT HE WILL TAKE YOU AWAY IN TSINOT [i.e."large boats" in Hebrew] AND YOUR REMNANT IN SIROT DUGAH [i.e. "Fish boats" in Hebrew]. AND YOUR BREACHED REMNANT WILL BE TAKEN AWAY ONE WOMAN FOR EACH OTHER AND THEY SHALL BE CAST OUT INTO THE MOUNTAIN OF MANNAE" (Amos 4:1-3).
See:
Welsh Hebrews
https://hebrewnations.com/articles/bible/childrenwales.html
Philistines and Minoans
https://hebrewnations.com/articles/secular/archaeology/minoans.html
The Ten Tribes were (in part) to be taken away by the Philistines (Amos 1:6,8) and by the Phoenicians of Tyre (Amos 1:9) who would deliver them to Edom in Europe.
The Philistines were culturally Minoans and a leading element amongst them had arrived from Crete the center of Minoan civilization.
Minoans, Myceaneans (from Greece), Phoenicians, and Edomites, were all intertwined with each other to some degree.
The Phoenicians had set up agricultural estates in east and south Spain, silver mining in the southwest, copper and other minerals in the northwest.
The Israelites in the southwest of Spain moved from the east to the west and northwest and then overseas. They also moved to Ireland.
In Britain Phoenicians and Edomites directed Hebrew slaves and mined tin in Cornwall, copper in Wales, Gold in Ireland.
Eric Tubal-Cain in the article below adds to our knowledge on these matters.
Here are the Hamite Geneaolgis of Canaanite Phoenicians and Philistines.
Genesis (TCT) 10:
6 AND THE SONS OF HAM WERE CUSH AND MIZRAIM (Egypt) AND PUT AND CANAAN....
....13 AND MIZRAIM (Egypt) BEGOT THE LUDIM AND THE ANAMIM AND THE LEHABIM AND THE NAPHTUHIM,
14 AND THE PATHRUSIM AND THE CASLUHIM, FROM WHOM THE PHILISTINES EMERGED, AND THE CAPHTORIM.
15 AND CANAAN BEGOT ZIDON HIS FIRSTBORN AND HETH.
16 AND THE JEBUSITES AND THE AMORITES AND THE GIRGASHITES.
17 AND THE HIVVITES AND THE ARKITES AND THE SINITES.
18 AND THE ARVADITES AND THE ZEMARITES AND THE HAMATHITES, AND AFTERWARDS THE FAMILIES OF THE CANAANITES WERE SCATTERED.
19 AND THE BORDER OF THE CANAANITES WAS FROM SIDON AS YOU COME TO GERAR, UNTIL GAZA, AS YOU COME TO SODOM AND GOMORRAH, AND ADMAH AND ZEBOIIM, UNTIL LESHA.
20 THESE ARE THE SONS OF HAM ACCORDING TO THEIR FAMILIES, AND THEIR TONGUES, IN THEIR LANDS, IN THEIR NATIONS.
Amos (TCT) 9:
7 ARE YOU NOT LIKE THE CHILDREN OF THE CUSHITES TO ME, O CHILDREN OF ISRAEL? SAYS THE LORD. DID I NOT BRING ISRAEL UP FROM THE LAND OF EGYPT, AND THE PHILISTINES FROM CAPHTOR AND ARAM FROM KIR?
The Philistines of southwest Israel were also found in Greece.
This resulted through colonization from the nearby Minoan civilization on the island of Crete (Caphtor in the Bible, the origin of the Caphtorim or Philistines).
The Irish myths said the ir ancestors left Greece to get away from the Philistines, a variant of this myth says it was the Assyrians (Hittites in Turkey?).
The Gaelic language has many similarities to Hebrew, but it also has strong affinities to the Latin language. For example, 'Liber' in Latin means a book which gives us 'library', and in Irish Gaelic a 'Leabhar' is a book. This seems to indicate that the Gaels of Ireland and Scotland had some sort of contact with Italic languages a long time ago, probably when they lived in Mycenaean Greece.
The Israelites were connected with the Philistines throughout Biblical Times. At one stage, the Philistines had dominion over Israel. Even in the days of Abraham and Sarah (1900s BCE) there were contacts with the Philistines [probably of Minoan culture from Crete which goes back to about this time] Herodotus mentions that Neileus and Philistus [a Philistine] founded Miletus in Caria on the western coast of Turkey. The Tribe of Dan and the hero Samson were closely connected to the Philistines. The Israelites had contact with Minoan culture at Avaris (Egyptian Delta) when they lived as the Hyksos in Egypt. There is a Minoan fresco of a bull leaper at Avaris. The ancient Israelites never had wall murals of any kind ,but wall murals or frescoes were common in Minoan, Etruscan, Latin and Lydian cultures. The Minoans had narrow streets with neat cobblestones cut with bronze saws. This was similar to the Etruscans and Latins. The ancient Israelites had laws about using chisels on stones and tended to be aniconic (against images) without frescoes or colourful wall murals like the Minoans. The ancient Israelites had an aversion to creating images [2nd commandment] The Pelasgians of Greece have been suspected to be the same people as the Philistines (Pelasgi to Pelasti). Pelasgus (a Philistine) controlled Argos (Mycenean Greece), but he gave it to Danaus who travelled to Greece from Egypt. Danaus had a brother Aegyptus who ruled in Egypt ( a Hyksos king who I would identify with Manasseh or Ephraim, both of whom were half-Egyptian from their mother Asenath). The sons of Aegyptus also ruled at Argos [I identify these with the Britains and Trojans]. The island of Lemnos had a Pelasgian (Philistine) population and the Lemnian language is very similar to the Etruscan language. The Phaistos disk from the island of Crete has a hieroglyph showing a man with a feathered Philistine head dress like on the Egyptian monuments depicting the Pelasti. King David had Philistines serving as his body guard. Some of these were Kari or Carians (Caria in western Turkey) after Carus or Car the brother of Lyd or Lydus (Lydia in western Turkey). The Irish in their ancient records travelled past the altars of the Philistines [Philsanorum] ,submerged rocks off the north African coast in their sea voyages on the Mediterranean or the 'Great Green Merry Sea'. The Egyptians called the Mediterranean Sea the 'Great Green'. Naphtuhim, a brother of Ludim and the Caphtorim has a name similar to the Roman Neptune or Etruscan Nethuns. The Eteocretan [True Cretan] alphabet has similarities to the Etruscan alphabet and similarities to the Lydian and Lycian alphabets. Lydia was famous for the murex or purple dye industry. Purple was an imperial color of the Romans.