Theos-Talk Archives (December 2003 Message tt00330)

stevestubbs wrote:

> --- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, Bart Lidofsky <bartl@s...> wrote:
> > 	George MacDonald Frasier, in his FLASHMAN AND THE GREAT GAME, 
> depicts a 
> > scene where the Indian sepoys are told the story of the prodigal 
> son, 
> > with the Indian translation translated back to English by the 
> > protagonist (anybody who has read the series knows better than to 
> call 
> > Flashman a "hero").
> I read what you wrote but have completely missed any point in it. 
> That is, if there was a point to get. What does a series of novels 
> about flashers have to do with the sepoy mutiny of 1857 or the 
> prodigal son?
I am saying that, if one wants to read a version of how the story of 
the Prodigal Son sounds to people of other cultures, that is a good 
place to look.