The peoples of Gomer are otherwise known as the Cimmerians and Scythians. This is reflected in the first chapter of the Book of Hosea where the Ten Tribes in their places of exile are described as children of a loose woman named Gomer. They became associated with a federation of other peoples associated with Gomer son of Japhet. The Ten Tribes were exiled to different portions of the Assyrian Empire. To Continue Reading the Article Please Scroll Down! The Welsh Language derives in part from Hebrew, so does Irish.ĭuration: 13.19 minutes. Welsh tradition links their ancestors to Gomer and the Cimmerians. The Lost Ten Tribes merged with the people of Gomer otherwise known as the Cimmerians. Leviathan is the title of Thomas Hobbes' 1651 work on the social contract and the origins of creation of an ideal state, and his proper name for the Commonwealth. The dragon Ladon is a form of Leviathan often associated with Britain. The golden apples were also guarded by the dragon Ladon. Apollodorus (100s BCE) located them among the Hyperboreans meaning Hebrews of the North. The Hesperides were usually said to live in the west beyond the sunset, but the Greek poet and grammarian Apollonius of Rhodes (200s BCE) placed them in North Africa. Translation in the Light of Commentaries:ĪND THIS FIRST EXILE OF THE TEN TRIBES OF ISRAEL WHO DWELL FROM GERMANY AND HOLLAND, EVEN UNTO FRANCE AND ENGLAND AND THE CAPTIVITY OF THE JEWS OF JERUSALEM IN SPAIN SHALL POSSESS THE CITIES OF THE SOUTH.īrit-Am Commentary to the Book of Obadiah It is mentioned in the Biblical Book of Obadiah in a passage concerning the future whereabouts of Exiles from the Ten Tribes and from Judah.Ģ0 This first exiles of the Children of Israel who are the Canaaanites to Zarephath Īnd the exiles of Jerusalem who are in Sepharad shall possess the towns of the south. Sepharad in Jewish Tradition is the name for Spain. This name had been applied to Sardis in Lydia but was later applied to Spain. The namer of Hespere and of the Heseperides may be derived from the word Sepharad. The third Hesperidi maiden was Hespere from which we receive the name Hesperides.
British Hebrews and the West (3 March, 2014, 1 Adar-2, 5774)