Perhaps as early as the third millenium BC and in Joseph's time, it would have been descendants of whoever it was the Phoenicians took over there. Given the closeness of Cyrus to Solomon in earlier times, there would have been a lot of Jewish miners.
Surely you are not postulating that the lost sheep of Israel were in Britain?
There were Jews operating the mines...the Jews operating the mines weren't the lost sheep.
How many gentiles were in a crowd of Jews in Judea?
A lot I'm sure. Ever see any foreigners in New York?
Whoever said that the Pheonicians made it to Britain? Perhaps as early as the third millenium BC does not mean definitely and we still have no evidence of JofA making it to Britain.
Surely you are not postulating that the lost sheep of Israel were in Britain?
There were Jews operating the mines...the Jews operating the mines weren't the lost sheep.
The Pheonicians were not Jews. There weren't Jews there. The weather sucked, for one thing.
How many gentiles were in a crowd of Jews in Judea?
A lot I'm sure. Ever see any foreigners in New York?
The Jews ran everybody out except for the invading force of Romans. There weren't a whole lot of non Jews there. The ones that were, were noteworthy in Scripture.