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Timnah: A Biblical City in the Sorek Valley. By GEORGE L. KELM and AMi MAZAR. Winona Lake, Ind.: EISENBRAUNS, 1995. Pp. xix + 185, figures and plates. $29.50.
This volume provides a general summary of the twelve seasons of excavation at Tel Batash (Tell el-Batashi, Timnah) in Israel between 1977 and 1989. The work was directed by the authors and sponsored initially by New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary (1977-79), and subsequently by Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary of Fort Worth, Texas (198089), in collaboration throughout with the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Its first two chapters present an introduction to the site and to the expedition's methods of work. Chapters three through eight recount the tell's archaeological history as represented in its twelve major strata, which reflect periods from the Middle Bronze age (ca. 1800 B.C., strata XII-XI) down to the Persian era (ca. 350 B.C., stratum I). The volume is dedicated to the expedition's many volunteer excavators and financial supporters. Accordingly, three appendices report on its daily schedule, record the names of its volunteers and staff, and provide acknowledgments.
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