Jacob Pinkerfield was an Israeli archaeologist and architect. He worked on excavations at Tell el-Kheleifeh which Nelson Glueck

Nelson Glueck

Nelson Glueck was an American rabbi, academic and archaeologist. Dr Glueck served as president of Hebrew Union College from 1947 until his death, and his pioneering work in biblical archaeology resulted in the discovery of 1,500 ancient sites....

 at the time had mistakenly identified as Solomon's Ezion-geber

Ezion-Geber

Ezion-Geber or Asiongaber was a city of Idumea, a biblical seaport on the northern extremity of the Gulf of Aqaba, in the area of modern Aqaba and Eilat.-Biblical references :...

 and the putative site of the Church of Zion, Jerusalem

Church of Zion, Jerusalem

The Church of Zion, Jerusalem, also known as the Church of the Apostles on Mount Zion, is the thesis of a presumed distinct Jewish-Christian congregation continuing at Mount Zion in Jerusalem in the 2nd-5th Century, when it was the Roman colony of Aelia Capitolina, distinct from the main Gentile...

, forming the basis of Bargil Pixner

Bargil Pixner

Bargil Pixner was an Italian Benedictine monk, Biblical scholar and archaeologist, and Benedictine authority on the Dead Sea scrolls.- Biography :...

's thesis of a pre-Crusader Jewish-Christian church on the site.

He was one of the four archaeologists killed in the Ramat Rachel shooting attack

Ramat Rachel shooting attack

The Ramat Rachel shooting attack was a shooting attack carried out by Jordanian Legion soldiers, on September 23, 1956, who opened fire on a group of Israeli archaeologists near Kibbutz Ramat Rachel...

on September 23, 1956.