Pessah Bar-Adon

Pessah Bar-Adon
Pessah Bar-Adon
Born	1907; Kolno,Poland
Died	1985
Nationality	Israeli
Occupation(s)	Archaeologist, writer
Known for	Archaeological excavations
Spouse	Dorothy Bar-Adon

Pessah Bar-Adon(Hebrew:פסח בר-אדון; b. 1907, d. 1985) was a Polish-born Israeli archaeologist and writer.

Early life

Born Pessah Panitsch inKolno,Poland,to aZionist,Haredifamily, he was educated in aJewish orthodoxschool and inyeshivas.He immigrated to Israel in 1925. While working in housing and road construction to support himself, he studied for a degree inMiddle Eastern studiesat theHebrew University of Jerusalem.

Career

For a period, he lived amongstBedouinsnearAmman,Bet She'an,andKuneitrain order to learn their lifestyle.^[1]Part of his motivation for this endeavor was to understand why many of the ancient Kings of Israel were originally shepherds. During this period he wore traditional Bedouin clothing and went by the name Aziz Effendi.^[2]

During the1929 Palestine riotsand the1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine,he was an active member of theHaganahJerusalem. Later he also took part in theAliyah Bet.

In 1932 he participated in one of the first movies made about the JewishYishuvin the British Mandate of Palestine, called "Sabra", directed byAleksander Ford.^[1]

In 1939, he marriedDorothy Kahn,an American journalist who fell in love with the Land of Israel, and the two moved to the Blumenfeld house inMoshav Merhavia.She died in 1950 at age 43.

Bar-Adon was involved in many archaeological excavations, among them:Bet Shearim,Tel Bet Yerah,and the discovery of theNahal Mishmar hoard.^[3]He engaged in archaeology until the age of 70.^[4]

References

^^a ^bBar-Adon, Doron; et al. (2008)."A Hundred (and one) Years to the Birth of Pessah Bar-Adon"(in Hebrew).
^"Cattle Farmer's Meeting".Historical Jewish Press(in Hebrew). Davar newspaper. 7 October 1931.
^"Diggers".Time magazine.May 5, 1961. Archived fromthe originalon 2008-12-20.Retrieved2009-08-20.Eight miles from Dr. Yadin's Cave of Letters in the Wilderness of Judah, the second archaeological team, headed by grey-haired Polish Emigré Pessah Bar-Adon, 53, dug through six feet of debris in another cave. On the eighth day, behind a smooth stone that blocked a wall niche, it discovered a collection of artifacts that Bar-Adon quietly described as "probably archaeologically sensational": 432 copper, bronze, ivory and stone decorated objects that seem to be mace heads, scepters, crowns, powder horns, tools and weapons.
^Mann, Nadav (1995-06-20)."Photographic memories from WWI".Ynetnews.Ynetnews.com.Retrieved2010-06-26.

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[101years-1] Bar-Adon, Doron; et al. (2008)."A Hundred (and one) Years to the Birth of Pessah Bar-Adon"(in Hebrew).

[2] "Cattle Farmer's Meeting".Historical Jewish Press(in Hebrew). Davar newspaper. 7 October 1931.

[3] "Diggers".Time magazine.May 5, 1961. Archived fromthe originalon 2008-12-20.Retrieved2009-08-20.Eight miles from Dr. Yadin's Cave of Letters in the Wilderness of Judah, the second archaeological team, headed by grey-haired Polish Emigré Pessah Bar-Adon, 53, dug through six feet of debris in another cave. On the eighth day, behind a smooth stone that blocked a wall niche, it discovered a collection of artifacts that Bar-Adon quietly described as "probably archaeologically sensational": 432 copper, bronze, ivory and stone decorated objects that seem to be mace heads, scepters, crowns, powder horns, tools and weapons.

[4] Mann, Nadav (1995-06-20)."Photographic memories from WWI".Ynetnews.Ynetnews.com.Retrieved2010-06-26.

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