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1 online resource (798 pages) |
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Print version record. |
| Contents |
Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Book First.; I. Into the Desert; II. Meeting of the Wise Men; III. The Athenian Speaks-Faith; IV. Speech of the Hindoo-Love; V. The Egyptian's Story-Good Works; VI. The Joppa Gate; VII. Typical Characters at the Joppa Gate; VIII. Joseph and Mary Going to Bethlehem; IX. The Cave at Bethlehem; X. The Light in the Sky; XI. Christ Is Born; XII. The Wise Men Arrive at Jerusalem; XIII. The Witnesses before Herod; XIV. The Wise Men Find the Child; Book Second.; I. Jerusalem under the Romans; II. Ben-Hur and Messala; III. A Judean Home. |
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IV. The Strange Things Ben-Hur Wants to KnowV. Rome and Israel-A Comparison; VI. The Accident to Gratus; VII. A Galley Slave; Book Third.; I. Quintus Arrius Goes to Sea; II. At the Oar; III. Arrius and Ben-Hur on Deck; IV. "No. 60"; V. The Sea Fight; VI. Arrius Adopts Ben-Hur; Book Fourth.; I. Ben-Hur Returns East; II. On the Orontes; III. The Demand on Simonides; IV. Simonides and Esther; V. The Grove of Daphne; VI. The Mulberries of Daphne; VII. The Stadium in the Grove; VIII. The Fountain of Castalia; IX. The Chariot Race Discussed; X. Ben-Hur Hears of Christ. |
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XI. The Wise Servant and his DaughterXII. A Roman Orgie; XIII. A Driver for Ilderim's Arabs; XIV. The Dowar in the Orchard of Palms; XV. Balthasar Impresses Ben-Hur; XVI. Christ Is Coming-Balthasar; XVII. The Kingdom-Spiritual or Political?; Book Fifth.; I. Messala Doffs his Chaplet; II. Ilderim's Arabs under the Yoke; III. The Arts of Cleopatra; IV. Messala on Guard; V. Ilderim and Ben-Hur Deliberate; VI. Training the Four; VII. Simonides Renders Account; VIII. Spiritual or Political?-Simonides Argues; IX. Esther and Ben-Hur; X. Posted for the Race; XI. Making the Wagers; XII. The Circus. |
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XIII. The StartXIV. The Race; XV. The Invitation of Iras; XVI. In the Palace of Idernee; Book Sixth.; I. The Tower of Antonia-Cell No. VI; II. The Lepers; III. Jerusalem Again; IV. Ben-Hur at his Father's Gate; V. The Tomb Above the King's Garden; VI. A Trick of Pilate's-The Combat; Book Seventh.; I. Jerusalem Goes out to a Prophet; II. Nooning by the Pool-Iras; III. The Life of a Soul; IV. Ben-Hur Keeps Watch with Iras; V. At Bethabara; Book Eighth.; I. Guests in the House of Hur; II. Ben-Hur Tells of the Nazarene; III. The Lepers Leave their Tomb; IV. The Miracle. |
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V. Pilgrims to the PassoverVI. A Serpent of the Nile; VII. Ben-Hur Returns to Esther; VIII. Gethsemane-"Whom Seek Ye?"; IX. The Going to Calvary; X. The Crucifixion. |
| Summary |
Lew Wallace's powerful and poignant story of Judah Ben-Hur, a Jewish prince from Jerusalem living at the time of Jesus Christ, has been around for more than a century, yet it continues to attract and inspire readers to this day. Falsely accused of attempting to assassinate a Roman governor, Ben-Hur is enslaved and sentenced to work on a Roman galley, while his mother and sister are imprisoned and their possessions and land confiscated. Luckily, he survives when the ship is attacked by pirates, and comes home, determined to find his family and intent on revenge on the Romans. While organizi. |
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Jesus Christ -- Fiction.
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Bible. New Testament -- History of Biblical events -- Fiction.
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Jesus Christ. (OCoLC)fst00040116
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Bible. New Testament. (OCoLC)fst01808090
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Rome -- History -- Tiberius, 14-37 -- Fiction.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General.
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History of Biblical events. (OCoLC)fst01865053
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Rome (Empire) (OCoLC)fst01204885
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14-37
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Fiction. (OCoLC)fst01423787
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History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Wallace, Lew. Ben-Hur : The Novel That Inspired the Epic Movie. New York : Skyhorse Publishing, ©2014 9781620873595 |
| ISBN |
9781632202505 (electronic bk.) |
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1632202506 (electronic bk.) |
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