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Scholars have identified Tebnine as the town of Tafnis (תפניס) mentioned in the Jerusalem Talmud as a northern border of the kingdom of Judah.Frankish chronicler Guillaume De Tyr (William of Tyre) refers to the town as Tibénin (.."nomen priscum Tibénin"..), which might be an indication that the town existed long before the Crusaders set foot in Syria.Many of the existing families of Tibnine have a background makeup of Phoenician, European and Arab due to ranging influences in the region over centuries.