Judah ben hur biography definition
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Judah Ben-Hur
Fictional character
Judah Ben-Hur, shortened to Ben-Hur, is a fictional character, the title character and protagonist from Lew Wallace's 1880 novel Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ. The book covers the character's adventures and struggle against the Roman Empire as he tries to restore honor to his family's name after being falsely accused of attacking the Roman governor. Judah encounters Jesus Christ and becomes a Christian.
Etymology
[edit]Wallace wrote that he chose the name Ben-Hur "because it was biblical, and easily spelled, printed and pronounced."[1] The name appears once in the Bible (Hebrew: בן־חור), as the name of one of King Solomon's twelve district governors (1 Kings 4:8). In Hebrew the word "bén" means son. In the King James Version Bible, referring to Solomon's district leaders, he is mentioned as "...the son of Hur.", confirming he was 'Judah son of Hur'.[2] The name Hur appears a few times in the Bible, most notably as
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Judah Ben-Hur was a Judean prince and merchant during the 1st century AD. Ben-Hur was enslaved in 26 AD after he was wrongly accused of attempting to assassinate the new Roman governor Valerius Gratus, and he was a galley slave for three years before the Roman consul Quintus Arrius adopted him after Ben-Hur saved his life during a battle against Macedonianpirates. Ben-Hur later became a charioteer and a Christian, and, in 64 AD, he used some of his wealth to help fund the growth of the Christian Church in Antioch and the creation of an underground Christian community in Rome's catacombs.
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Judah Ben-Hur was born in Jerusalem, Judea, the son of Ithamar (who was descended from a Jewish royal family) and Miriam and the brother of Tirzah. He was childhood friends with the Roman nobleman Messala, and he grew to be a wealthy prince and merchant, while Messala, who left Judea at the age of 15, returned to Judea in 26 AD to serve as commander of the
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What's the Big Deal about 'Ben-Hur'?
Lewis Wallace’s novel Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ was published in 1880 and has been adapted for the stage, silver screen, and television a total of seven times: a Broadway play in 1899; a one-reel silent film in 1907; another silent film, this one feature length, in 1925 starring the great romantic lead Ramón Novarro; MGM’s spectacular 1959 Biblical action-adventure extravaganza directed by William Wyler, with Charlton Heston as Ben-Hur and Stephen Boyd as his best-friend-turned-mortal-enemy, Messala; an animated feature voiced by Charlton Heston (and others) that went straight to video in 2003 in which the lamed Messala walks again, thanks to the intervention of Jesus; a 2010 TV miniseries notable for the casting of Hugh Bonneville, the future Lord Grantham of Downton Abbey, as, of all people, Pontius Pilate; and a brand spanking new feature film that opens today (August 19, 2016).
This latest adaptation stars Jack Hu