tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3288833001905881991.post3378120032793451542..comments2024-02-26T20:03:41.086+08:00Comments on Welcome ~Lucy's~ to the Truth: Truth about Phoenician and CanaaniteJeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01912059163690780626noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3288833001905881991.post-22602360158587575482013-11-05T09:13:05.338+08:002013-11-05T09:13:05.338+08:00You stated, "...Phoenicians were Canaanites w... You stated, "...Phoenicians were Canaanites which is erroneous. Cadmus was a Celt, Fenius Farsaid, where the word Phoenix and Phoenecia originate was the father of the Gaels, Celts and Illyrians." <br /> Phoenicians got their name from the Greeks due to their trade of a coveted purple dye, the Greek word for it, Φοίνικες (Phoínikes), means "purple". The word "Phoenicia" is a Greek term for the region of coastal port towns occupied by these "traders of purple".<br /> You said, "They were not Canaanites." <br /> Ammonites, Moabites, and Phoenicians had their own cultures, but ethnically they WERE all Canaanites. The term "Canaan" referred to an Egyptian-ruled colony, bounded to the west by the Mediterranean Sea, to the north in the vicinity of Hamath in Syria, to the east by the Jordan Valley, and to the south by a line extended from the Dead Sea to around Gaza. The city of Qadesh in northwest Syria, near Turkey, was also part of "Canaan".<br /> You stated, "They were in Iberia as the Celts were and from there to Brigantia and the British Isles."<br /> I'm not sure if you were trying to say the Phoenicians came from, or went to, the British Isles but the Phoenicians were certainly not from Europe.<br /> Herodotus'(440 BC)- "According to the Persians best informed in history, the Phoenicians began the quarrel. These people, who had formerly dwelt on the shores of the Erythraean Sea (the eastern part of the Arabia peninsula), having migrated to the Mediterranean and settled in the parts which they now inhabit, began at once, they say, to adventure on long voyages, freighting their vessels with the wares of Egypt and Assyria..."<br /> Strabo, the Greek historian, geographer, and philosopher said that they came from the eastern part of the Arabia Peninsula where they have similar gods, cemeteries and temples.<br /> Arnold Heeren, German Classicist, stated “In the Greek geographies, for instance, we read of two islands, named Tyrus or Tylos, and Aradus, which boasted that they were the mother country of the Phoenicians, and exhibited relics of Phoenician temples. The people of Tyre in particular have long maintained Persian Gulf origins, and the similarity in the words “Tylos” and “Tyre” has been commented upon."<br /> There was a highly lucrative Phoenician trade with Britain for tin, but it was indirect and under the control of the Veneti of Brittany so they never sailed to the Isles.<br /> Next, "They were the descendants of the House of Israel."<br /> Genetic research in cities that had been influenced by the Phoenicians indicated that people tested shared a common source of related lineages rooted in Lebanon. <br /> I have a list of reasons that it couldn't be fact. First, according to Herodotus, the priests of Melquart said that the city of Tyre was founded in 2750 B.C. Hiram's reign wasn't until 980 B.C. IF he WERE an Israelite, do you really think they would abandon 1170 years of Phoenician government for him? <br /> Second, if he was in Tyre at all, Solomon sent him as forced labor to pay for his "alleged" Temple.<br /> Lastly, the "Kingdom of Israel" was "allegedly" formed in 930 B.C. Hiram left his tribe before the nation was built? For Hiram to have been an Israelite that took the throne in 980, that meant he never knew King David.<br /> Finally, "He provided Solomon with the gold and cedars to build the temple of Solomon."<br /> Hiram expanded Tyre during his rule. He wouldn't have given away raw materials needed for his people. There has also never been any indication that the "Temple of Solomon" existed.Tisharrahttp://mccormickjessica.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3288833001905881991.post-47449531524130211262013-08-30T09:42:51.566+08:002013-08-30T09:42:51.566+08:00It looks like you are desperately building up a ca...It looks like you are desperately building up a case that the Phoenicians were Canaanites which is erroneous. Cadmus was a Celt, Fenius Farsaid, where the word Phoenix and Phoenecia originate was the father of the Gaels, Celts and Illyrians. They were not Canaanites. They were in Iberia as the Celts were and from there to Brigantia and the British Isles.<br />They were the descendants of the House of Israel. King Hiram, a Phoenician king was an Israelite of the tribe of Napthali. He provided Solomon with the gold and cedars to build the temple of Solomon and again, Canaanites did not provide anything for that temple.Melvin Gibshonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14724318855623914182noreply@blogger.com