Biblical Timnah is identified with the modern archeological site of Tel Batash, in the Sorek Valley of Israel, near Kibbutz Tal Shahar. Tel Batash (תל בטש is a Tell within which was found archaeological remains of biblical Timnah. Nahal Sorek (נחל שורק lit "Brook of Sorek" also Soreq is one of the largest most important drainage basins in the Judean Hills. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Israel topics.
The site was first settled in the Middle Bronze Age by creating an earthen rampart that enclosed the 10 acre / 40 hectare site. The term Bronze Age refers to a period in human cultural development when the most advanced Metalworking (at least in systematic and widespread use included techniques for Excavations under the leadership of Amihai Mazar and George L. Kelm during the 1980s-1990s uncovered twelve strata of continuous settlement at the site through the Hellenistic period, with sparse settlement nearby during the Byzantine period. Amihai "Ami" Mazar (born 1942 is an Israeli archaeologist. George L Kelm (born 1931 - is Professor Emeritus of Archaeology and Biblical Backgrounds at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Fort Worth This article focuses on the cultural aspects of the Hellenistic age for the historical aspects see Hellenistic period.
Strategically located in the Sorek Valley that allows access from the Coastal Plain through the Shephelah and into the Central Hill Country of Judah, Timnah is mentioned in the Hebrew Bible in the Genesis story of Tamar. A coastal plain is an area of flat low-lying land adjacent to a seacoast and separated from the interior by other features The Shephelah (הַשְּפֵלָה "lowland" also שפלת יהודה Shephelat Yehuda, "Judean lowland" is a designation usually applied to the region The term Hebrew Bible is a generic reference to those books of the Bible originally written in Biblical Hebrew (and the related Biblical Aramaic For the rape victim see Rape of Tamar. For the wife of Rehoboam daughter of Absalom mother of Abijah see Maachah. More importantly, the site is featured in the Book of Judges (Chapter 14) in the Samson saga. Book of Judges ( Hebrew: Sefer Shoftim ספר שופטים is a book of the Bible originally written in Hebrew. Samson, Shimshon ( Hebrew: שמשון, Standard Šimšon Tiberian Šimšôn; meaning Samson marries a "girl of the Philistines" from Timnah. The Philistines ( Hebrew פלשתים plishtim) (see "other uses" below were a people who inhabited the southern coast of Canaan,
The site is not to be confused with the copper smelting site of Timna in the Arabah near the modern Israeli city of Eilat. The Arabah (הָעֲרָבָה Tiberian: HāʻĂrāḇā وادي عربة Wādī ʻAraba) is a section of the Great Eilat (Hebrew אילת should not be confused with the nearby kibbutz of Eilot (Hebrew אילות
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