TIMNATH-HERES or TIMNATH-SERAH
- TIMNATH-HERES or TIMNATH-SERAH
- TIMNATH-HERES or TIMNATH-SERAH (Heb. תִּמְנַת
סֶרַח ,תִּמְנַת חֶרֶס), city in the hill-country of the territory
of Ephraim, given to Joshua as his inheritance after the division of
Canaan among the tribes; he was later buried there. The place is called
both Timnath-Heres ("of the sun"; Judg. 2:9) and Timnath-Serah (Josh.
19:50; cf. the name of Asher's daughter, Serah, in Gen. 46:17;
I Chron. 7:30). In the Herodian period, it became the
headquarters of a toparchy, formerly that of Arimathea (Pliny,
Natural History, 5:15, 70; Jos., Wars, 3:55). Cassius sold
its inhabitants into slavery (Jos., Ant., 14:275). In the Jewish War of
66–70 the city was included within the command of John the Essene (Jos.,
Wars, 2:567); in the spring of 68 it was occupied by Vespasian (Wars,
4:444). The city continued in existence until Byzantine times (Eusebius,
Onom. 100:1ff.). It is identified with Khirbat Tibna, about 7½ mi. (12
km.) north of Beth-Horon; pottery of the early Iron Age and later
periods was found there and the traditional tomb of Joshua is shown at
the site.
-BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Abel, in: RB, 34 (1925), 209ff.; Rad, in:
PJB, 29 (1933), 32.
(Michael Avi-Yonah)
Encyclopedia Judaica.
1971.
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