Tarshish and the Atlantic Ocean

Tarshish meant both southwest Spain and the Atlantic Area in General. The Ten Tribes will return in Ships of Tarshish.

Atlantic Ocean
THE LOST TEN TRIBES
AND
TARSHISH

Biblical Locations of the Lost Ten Tribes
Geographical Proof
by Yair Davidiy

Biblical Geographical Evidence

Tarshish

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Tarshish

Isaiah speaks of exiled Israelites (from Ephraim and the other Tribes) returning by aeroplane and be ships from over the Atlantic Ocean:

They fly on the clouds in Aeroplanes. When was it possible for this prophecy to be literally fulfilled before our times?

The Talmud (Baba Batra 75; b) says: When Israel sins somewhat, they are brought down like a fowl [flying away], as it says, AS FOR EPHRAIM, THEIR GLORY SHALL FLY AWAY LIKE A BIRD [Hosea 9:11]. When they gain merit, they are elevated like a cloud, as it says, WHO ARE THESE THAT FLY AS A CLOUD [Isaiah 60:8]. So we see that in at least one place the Talmud speaks of the above verse in Isaiah (60:8) in connection to Ephraim meaning to the Lost Ten Tribes.

SURELY THE ISLES SHALL WAIT FOR ME : Iben Ezra Commentary: For I will give them a good reward.

THE SHIPS OF TARSHISH FIRST: Ships that plough the Atlantic Ocean bringing people back from America, Britain, and Western Europe.

In Psalms (72; 10) "The Kings of Tarshish and of the ISLES" are mentioned together. The Aramaic Paraphrase explains that the "Isles" mentioned are those in the "Oceanic Sea" meaning those of The Atlantic Ocean according to Talmudic commentators [see "ARUCH HASHALEM" entry "Okyanus", where he says that the Okyanus was usually understood as being the Atlantic Ocean.]

The Talmud (Hullin 91b) also infers that Tarshish means the Atlantic Ocean and historically a major city-port named Tartessos and identified as Tarshish was located on the southwest coast of Spain. Tartessos-Tarshish at one stage was part of a maritime domain with probable establishments in Britain and Gaul. A portion of the Exiled Israelites were transported (as we have explained in the Brit-Am Commentary to Amos 4:2) to Spain which at that time was considered as part of Tarshish. These exiles later passed over to Gaul and the British Isles. The Biblical expression "Ships of Tarshish" means primarily those plying the Atlantic Ocean and therefore the "ISLES" mentioned in association with Tarshish and Israelites are those of Britain, America, and the coastline of North and West Europe.

Isaiah chapter two speaks of places in the Land of Israel such as Lebanon, and Bashan. Isaiah 2:16 then recalls "the ships of Tarshish" which the very early Aramaic translation known as Targum Yehonatan explains to mean "dwellers of the Isles of the Sea". We thus see a link between the two expressions. The significance of the Isles of the Sea from a Lost Ten Tribes perspective we have dealt with separately. Steven Collins informs us that the great Jewish scholar, archaeologist, linguist, and author Cyrus Gordon considered the term Tarshish to apply to the American Continent.

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US Dollar Sign. A Symbol Identifying the USA with the Exiles of Israel from the Ten Tribes