Queries & Comments
BAR Wins “Obscenity” Case
A classic painting of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden by the famous 16th–17th-century painters Peter Paul Rubens and Jan Brueghel the Elder was declared obscene by California prison authorities. BAR contained a copy of this painting, and the entire issue was accordingly withheld from California prisoners (see Queries & Comments, BAR 42:05).
BAR appealed the decision, and the California ruling was reversed by the California Department of Adult Institutions. The issue of BAR has been released to California prisoners.—Ed.
Why Not Look?
“Where Is the Land of Sheba” by Bar Kribus (BAR 42:05) says that Ethiopians believe that the real Ark of the Covenant resides within the Chapel of the Tablet in Aksum, Ethiopia. Why not look inside and see if the Ark is there?
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