Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (novel)

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historical novel novel

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ is an 1880 historical novel by Lew Wallace that intertwines an epic tale of revenge and redemption in ancient Rome with the life and teachings of Jesus Christ.

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Label	Occurrences
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ	7
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (novel) canonical	2
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1880 novel)	1
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ, 1880 novel	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical novel ⓘ novel ⓘ
author	Lew Wallace ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
featuresCharacter	Jesus Christ ⓘ
firstPublicationFormat	book ⓘ
genre	Christian fiction ⓘ historical fiction ⓘ religious novel ⓘ
hasAdaptation	Ben Hur (1907 film) ⓘ surface form: Ben-Hur (1907 film) Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925 film) ⓘ surface form: Ben-Hur (1925 film) Ben-Hur ⓘ surface form: Ben-Hur (1959 film) Ben-Hur (2010 miniseries) ⓘ Ben-Hur (2016 film) ⓘ Ben-Hur stage adaptations ⓘ
hasCharacter	Esther ⓘ Messala ⓘ Miriam ⓘ Simonides ⓘ Tirzah ⓘ
hasPart	chariot race episode ⓘ
hasSubjectMatter	Judaism ⓘ Roman law ⓘ ancient Rome ⓘ naval warfare in antiquity ⓘ slavery in the Roman Empire ⓘ
influencedBy	New Testament ⓘ
literaryForm	prose ⓘ
literaryMovement	19th-century American literature ⓘ
mainCharacter	Judah Ben-Hur ⓘ
mediaType	print ⓘ
narrativeTheme	faith ⓘ forgiveness ⓘ redemption ⓘ revenge ⓘ
notableFor	depiction of chariot race ⓘ integration of fictional narrative with Gospel story ⓘ
originalLanguage	English ⓘ
publicationDate	1880 ⓘ
publisher	Harper & Brothers ⓘ
religiousPerspective	Christian ⓘ
settingPeriod	1st century ⓘ
settingPlace	Judea ⓘ Roman Empire ⓘ
subject	Christianity ⓘ Roman–Jewish relations ⓘ life of Jesus ⓘ
timeInFiction	life of Jesus ⓘ