About this title: Wallace's 1880 blockbuster follows the fortunes of Judah Ben-Hur, who lived in the time of Jesus. Made into a famous film, BEN-HUR is an inspirational tale that manages to also be a gripping adventure.
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Binding: Audiobook cassette
Publisher: Classic House Cassettes
Description: Good in good dust jacket. Ex-library. Nice 63-minute audio cassette, lightly played, light shelf wear to plastic case, former library copy, stk #v7-9. read more
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Moby Books, New York
Date Published: 1983
Description: Lynch, Brendan. Good. 24mo-over 5"-5¾" tall. Clear tape on front cover. Edgewear to cover; pages tanning. Very nice copy of Illustrated Classic Editions for young readers. read more
Binding: Unknown Binding
Publisher: Scholastic Book Services
Date Published: 1969
Description: Good. -6th Printing--116 pgs. Interior-Nice overall condition. The soft cover has only light signs of use. -Publish Place: New York-Size: 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. read more
Binding: Unknown Binding
Publisher: Scholastic Book Services
Date Published: 1969
Description: Good. -6th Printing--116 pgs. Interior-Nice overall condition. The soft cover has light signs of use. -Publish Place: New York-Size: 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. read more
Binding: Unknown Binding
Publisher: Scholastic Book Services
Date Published: 1969
Description: Good. -6th Printing--116 pgs. Interior-Nice overall condition. The soft cover has only light signs of use. -Publish Place: New York-Size: 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Bantam, New York
Date Published: 1959
Description: Acceptable. 1959 paperback acceptable condition. binding good wear to covers. Thanks for looking at our books we ship fast and AJusedbooks guarantee books we sell. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Moby Books
Date Published: 1983
Description: Very Good. Superb copy, just one crease from reading on back cover, illustrated, small copy. Illustrated means it appears like a coloring book, with fabulous illustrated copy by Brendan Lynch. read more
"This book took me so long to read, and yet, when I was coming to the end, I was not happy to be finished it. This book has profoundly sat in my memory of BEST BOOKS EVER. And that is something, coming from an Athiest, and this book is, by proxy, about the birth of Jesus and then his life later on, as seen through the eyes of Ben-Hur. I loved the historical aspect of it, and it really gave me so much insight into those times, way more than reading the Bible ever gave me. I could feel the era around me as I read it. I was drawn to the character and the plot around him. I will read this again at some point, and I have never seen the movie, and do not ever plan to, as I think it may taint the feeling I have about this book. Too much pop-culture and '60s acting around it for me to go ruining my thoughts on this epic book."
"This book is great, a treasure. It is a story set in Israel at the time of Christ, so aspects of Jesus' life are incorporated into the book. The first part is a bit slow, the story of the wisemen, but those characters emerge later in the book, so worth the read."
"A Tale of the Christ, just as the title says. It's much different from the movie. The life and mission of Christ are woven into the story. Ben Hur, a Jew, survived three years as a galley slave, and he kept his devotion to his Jewish heritage, even though he was adopted by an influential Roman. He survived a chariot race in which he got revenge over a Roman who had been a childhoood friend, but had later betrayed him. The book depicts the wicked domination of the Romans, and the hope of the Jews that the Messiah would conquer the Romans. Ben Hur hoped that he would be able to build up an army and help his people, and assist Christ in becoming king of the Jews, but he finally realized in the end that Christ was bringing them a spiritual salvation, not a temporal one. This starts off slowly, but you have to be patient and stick with it. It's rewarding."
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