Ben-Hur

Ben-Hur is a novel by Lew Wallace, and considered "e;the most influential Christian book of the nineteenth century"e;. The story recounts in descriptive detail the adventures of Judah Ben-Hur, a Jewish prince from Jerusalem who is enslaved by the Romans at the beginning of the 1st century and becomes a charioteer and a Christian. Running in parallel with Judah's narrative is the unfolding ...