tit for tat

Here is my response to the British Library Learning Team response to my original email:

The Learning Team
Your intention "to show that the same stories appear across different religions" and your objective "to get students thinking about the way particular stories are shared or adopted by different religions" is a noble and worthwhile endeavor, but i think you failed in the execution.

You did not explicitly state that the story of David and Goliath is a HEBREW story that appears in Christianity, or that it has been shared or adopted by Christianity, you flatly state that the story simply IS Christian. I am curious: did you get the OK from any Protestants or Catholics to make this particular claim? I would be surprised if Christians and Christianity were not reticent to claim outright that the story of David and Goliath is one of theirs. The words "shared" and "adopted" generally imply cooperation between more than one party. Again, i would be surprised if Jews and Judaism actually consented to "share" or allow for the "adoption" of one of their most sacred texts into an entirely new (dare i say alien?) religion. Also curious if you got the OK from any Jews. Same goes for the story of Jesus and Mary, with regards to Christians and Muslims.

I maintain that, at best, you committed a faux pas. For an institution as venerable as the British Library, this really surprises me. I would love to be convinced that i am barking up the wrong tree, or something like that.
Good luck!