tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8174756573570334952.post4489177120507364832..comments2024-03-27T04:46:33.198-07:00Comments on Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues: Aleppo Codex Decidedly More Imperiled in Israel?Paul Barfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10443302899233809948noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8174756573570334952.post-60262336417578678772012-05-18T23:26:31.547-07:002012-05-18T23:26:31.547-07:00What a shame that you will not find time to read t...What a shame that you will not find time to read the book. <br /><br />Do I think artefacts should be housed not where they were discovered, but (somebody thinks) they will be "better off"? Not if getting them there involves illegal activity. Especially not if (it seems in this case) it also involves damaging the object itself. <br /><br />Do you as a lawyer advocate indulging in illegal activity in such circumstances?Paul Barfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10443302899233809948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8174756573570334952.post-2954557849942842992012-05-17T12:50:17.914-07:002012-05-17T12:50:17.914-07:00I doubt I will have a chance to read the book, but...I doubt I will have a chance to read the book, but even if it is true the Codex has suffered somewhat since coming to Israel, that does not establish that it would have been better off in the clutches of the anti-Semitic Baathist regime in Syria, which in case you have not been reading the news, is now involved in a civil war against its own people. (And if memory serves which has specifically targeted Aleppo for retribution).<br /><br />But this begs the question whether you too believe the test should be "where the artifact is better off." Please elaborate.Cultural Property Observerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05924359202414555962noreply@blogger.com