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Biblical Timnah is identified with the modern archeological site of Tel Batash
Tel Batash

Tel Batash is a tell within which was found archaeological remains of biblical Timnah. The tell is located in the Sorek Valley of Israel's Shephelah region near modern Kibbutz Tal Shahar and Tzora....
, in the Sorek Valley of Israel
Israel

Israel officially the State of Israel , is a country in the Middle East located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its relatively small area....
, near Kibbutz Tal Shahar
Tal Shahar

Tal Shahar is a moshav in central Israel. Located near Gederot, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. In 2006 it had a population of 857....
.

The site was first settled in the Middle Bronze Age by creating an earthen rampart that enclosed the 10 acre / 40 hectare site. Excavations under the leadership of Amihai Mazar
Amihai Mazar

Amihai "Ami" Mazar is an Israeli archaeology. Born in Haifa, Israel , he is currently Professor at the Institute of Archaeology of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, holding the Eleazer Sukenik Chair in the Archaeology of Israel....
 and George L. Kelm
George L. Kelm

George L. Kelm is Professor Emeritus of Archaeology and Biblical Backgrounds at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Fort Worth, Texas. Along with Israeli archaeologist Amihai Mazar, Kelm excavated the site of biblical Timnah / Tel Batash in the Sorek Valley of Israel....
 during the 1980s-1990s uncovered twelve strata of continuous settlement at the site through the Hellenistic period, with sparse settlement nearby during the Byzantine
Byzantine Empire

Byzantine Empire and Eastern Roman Empire are conventional names used to describe the Roman Empire during the Middle Ages, centered on its capital of Constantinople....
 period.

Strategically located in the Sorek Valley that allows access from the Coastal Plain
Coastal plain

A coastal plain is an area of flat, low-lying land adjacent to a seacoast and separated from the interior by other features. One of the world's longest coastal plains is located in western South America....
 through the Shephelah
Shephelah

The Shephelah is a designation usually applied to the region in south-central Israel of 10-15 km of low hills between the central Mount Hebron and the coastal plains of Philistia within the area of the Judea, at an altitude of 120-450 metres above sea level....
 and into the Central Hill Country of Judah, Timnah is mentioned in the Hebrew Bible
Hebrew Bible

The term Hebrew Bible is a generic reference to those books of the Bible originally written mostly in Biblical Hebrew with some Biblical Aramaic....
 in the Genesis
Genesis

Genesis or Breishit is the first book of the Bible used by Judaism and Christianity, and the first of five books of the Pentateuch or Torah....
 story of Tamar
Tamar (Bible)

In the Bible, Tamar was twice the daughter-in-law of Judah , as well as the mother of two of his children - the twins Zerah and Pharez....
.






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Biblical Timnah is identified with the modern archeological site of Tel Batash
Tel Batash

Tel Batash is a tell within which was found archaeological remains of biblical Timnah. The tell is located in the Sorek Valley of Israel's Shephelah region near modern Kibbutz Tal Shahar and Tzora....
, in the Sorek Valley of Israel
Israel

Israel officially the State of Israel , is a country in the Middle East located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its relatively small area....
, near Kibbutz Tal Shahar
Tal Shahar

Tal Shahar is a moshav in central Israel. Located near Gederot, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. In 2006 it had a population of 857....
.

The site was first settled in the Middle Bronze Age by creating an earthen rampart that enclosed the 10 acre / 40 hectare site. Excavations under the leadership of Amihai Mazar
Amihai Mazar

Amihai "Ami" Mazar is an Israeli archaeology. Born in Haifa, Israel , he is currently Professor at the Institute of Archaeology of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, holding the Eleazer Sukenik Chair in the Archaeology of Israel....
 and George L. Kelm
George L. Kelm

George L. Kelm is Professor Emeritus of Archaeology and Biblical Backgrounds at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Fort Worth, Texas. Along with Israeli archaeologist Amihai Mazar, Kelm excavated the site of biblical Timnah / Tel Batash in the Sorek Valley of Israel....
 during the 1980s-1990s uncovered twelve strata of continuous settlement at the site through the Hellenistic period, with sparse settlement nearby during the Byzantine
Byzantine Empire

Byzantine Empire and Eastern Roman Empire are conventional names used to describe the Roman Empire during the Middle Ages, centered on its capital of Constantinople....
 period.

Strategically located in the Sorek Valley that allows access from the Coastal Plain
Coastal plain

A coastal plain is an area of flat, low-lying land adjacent to a seacoast and separated from the interior by other features. One of the world's longest coastal plains is located in western South America....
 through the Shephelah
Shephelah

The Shephelah is a designation usually applied to the region in south-central Israel of 10-15 km of low hills between the central Mount Hebron and the coastal plains of Philistia within the area of the Judea, at an altitude of 120-450 metres above sea level....
 and into the Central Hill Country of Judah, Timnah is mentioned in the Hebrew Bible
Hebrew Bible

The term Hebrew Bible is a generic reference to those books of the Bible originally written mostly in Biblical Hebrew with some Biblical Aramaic....
 in the Genesis
Genesis

Genesis or Breishit is the first book of the Bible used by Judaism and Christianity, and the first of five books of the Pentateuch or Torah....
 story of Tamar
Tamar (Bible)

In the Bible, Tamar was twice the daughter-in-law of Judah , as well as the mother of two of his children - the twins Zerah and Pharez....
. More importantly, the site is featured in the Book of Judges
Book of Judges

The Book of Judges is a Books of the Bible originally written in Hebrew language. It appears in the Tanakh and in the Christian Old Testament. Its title refers to its contents; it contains the history of Biblical judges , who helped rule and guide the ancient Israelites, and of their times....
 (Chapter 14) in the Samson
Samson

Samson, Shimshon or Shamshoun ????? is the third to last of the Biblical judges of the ancient Children of Israel mentioned in the Tanakh , and the Talmud....
 saga. Samson marries a "girl of the Philistines
Philistines

The Philistines were a ethnic group who occupied the southern coast of Canaan, their territory being named Philistia in later contexts....
" from Timnah.

The site is not to be confused with the copper smelting site of Timna
Timna valley

The Timna Valley is located in southern Israel in the southwestern Arabah, approximately 30 km north of the Gulf of Aqaba and the town of Eilat....
 in the Arabah
Arabah

The Arabah is a section of the Great Rift Valley lying between the Dead Sea to the north and the Gulf of Aqaba to the south. It forms part of the border between Israel to the west and Jordan to the east....
 near the modern Israeli city of Eilat
Eilat

Eilat is Israel's South District city, a busy port as well as a popular resort, located at the northern tip of the Red Sea, on the Gulf of Aqaba....
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