As Ben-Hur’s life intersects with that of the Biblical Jesus, compassion overrides Ben-Hur’s thirst for revenge against the merciless Romans who left his life in ruins. Sent to the galleys as punishment, his mother and sister, Tirzah, are caught up in his fate, jailed, contract leprosy, and are stripped of their family’s wealth and possessions. The story traces the life of the fictional main character Judah Ben-Hur, a Jewish nobleman from Jerusalem whose future is upended when he is falsely accused of attempting to assassinate Roman governor, Valerius Gratus. From Roman tax collectors and charioteers, to lepers, fishermen, Pharisees, shepherds, John the Baptist, and Pontius Pilate, Ben-Hur offers a narrative arc of redemption through piety. A classic story of redemption and forgiveness, Lew Wallace’s Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ is one of the most influential Christian novels of the 19th century, as it tells the stories of many peripheral Biblical figures in addition to that of Jesus himself.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. Archives
September 2023
Categories |