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'Ben Hur': Lew Wallace's Encounter with Christ

By Rod Anderson, CP Cartoonist
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 Before an illustrious line of Ben-Hurs — played by Ramon Novarro in 1925, Charlton Heston in 1959, and now Jack Huston in 2016 — graced the big screen, the character of Judah Ben-Hur was crafted in Lew Wallace's 1880 novel, Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ.

The newest Ben-Hur film is about to hit theaters this week, and as early as 2014 MGM and Paramount promised the film's return to "Lew Wallace's epic novel focusing on the nature of faith." In a recent interview, director Timur Bekmambetov also invoked Wallace's novel when discussing his vision for Ben-Hur (2016).

Read more at http://www.christianpost.com/news/10-essential-facts-about-the-history-of-ben-hur-168183/#KXEc84Zpj8B3WtLM.99

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