Probably a great story. But when I'm reading it on the bus and find myself starting to nod off, I know it's one that I'll have to force myself through.
"Out of that vast tomb Christianity issued to supersede the Caesars."Ben Hur is one of those classic works better recognised for its many adaptations. To this end it seems fair to compare it to another highly similar work - Les Miserables. Both are classic historical fiction works which use history ...
General Lew Wallacehttp://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b007jr51/Lew_Wallaces_Ben_Hur_A_Friendship_Betrayed/Michael Gambon narrates the biblical passages.
As a Jew I have two main reasons (and many, many lesser ones) for being interested in Christ narratives. In order of importance, those two are:1) Not having grown up with the story of Jesus too-heavily ingrained in me, it's easy for to me to see it as a little foreign and alien, and therefore fascin...
As a Jew I have two main reasons (and many, many lesser ones) for being interested in Christ narratives. In order of importance, those two are:1) Not having grown up with the story of Jesus too-heavily ingrained in me, it's easy for to me to see it as a little foreign and alien, and therefore fascin...
As a Jew I have two main reasons (and many, many lesser ones) for being interested in Christ narratives. In order of importance, those two are:1) Not having grown up with the story of Jesus too-heavily ingrained in me, it's easy for to me to see it as a little foreign and alien, and therefore fascin...
As a Jew I have two main reasons (and many, many lesser ones) for being interested in Christ narratives. In order of importance, those two are:1) Not having grown up with the story of Jesus too-heavily ingrained in me, it's easy for to me to see it as a little foreign and alien, and therefore fascin...
Ben Hur is not a book for lazy readers. If you think you can worm your way out of a book report by watching the movie, for example, you'll likely fail; the book is vastly different than the film version.While the film is condensed and jumpy, the novel prefers to let the action take a back seat to ch...
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