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In 1876, former Union general Law Wallace (1827-1905) sets out to a meeting of Civil War veterans. In the train to Indianapolis, he talks with Ingersoll, a fellow veteran and an atheist. After this talk, Wallace's own ignorance of religion strikes him as problematic. He resolves to study the whole matter:
A number of practical suggestions assailed me: How should I conduct the study? Delve into theology? I shuddered. The theology of the professors had always seemed to me an indefinitely deep pit filled with the bones of unprofitable speculations... Next the subject was considered dry. Was there no way of making it the least bit light and savory? No incidental employment or task which could give it a color of pastime, and, while compelling thorough investigation, keep me interested? Then it came!
Ben-Hur was first published in 1880. Contemporary literary critics found its romanticism passé, but readers resonated with its mix of romanticism, spirituality, and action.
The story is set in the Holy Land between the reigns of Augustus (27 BC-14 AD) and Nero (54-68 AD). It depicts the adventures of Judah Ben-Hur, a Jewish nobleman falsely accused of an attempted assassination. Trying to find his way between revenge and material success, Judah realizes that serving a spiritual king could be a third option.
It is perfectly true that Ben-Hur appealed chiefly to the unsophisticated an unliterary. People who had read much else of worth rarely read Ben-Hur.— The New York Times, 1905
In 1876, former Union general Law Wallace (1827-1905) sets out to a meeting of Civil War veterans. In the train to Indianapolis, he talks with Ingersoll, a fellow veteran and an atheist. After this talk, Wallace's own ignorance of religion strikes him as problematic. He resolves to study the whole matter:
A number of practical suggestions assailed me: How should I conduct the study? Delve into theology? I shuddered. The theology of the professors had always seemed to me an indefinitely deep pit filled with the bones of unprofitable speculations... Next the subject was considered dry. Was there no way of making it the least bit light and savory? No incidental employment or task which could give it a color of pastime, and, while compelling thorough investigation, keep me interested? Then it came!
Ben-Hur was first published in 1880. Contemporary literary critics found its romanticism passé, but readers resonated with its mix of romanticism, spirituality, and action.
The story is set in the Holy Land between the reigns of Augustus (27 BC-14 AD) and Nero (54-68 AD). It depicts the adventures of Judah Ben-Hur, a Jewish nobleman falsely accused of an attempted assassination. Trying to find his way between revenge and material success, Judah realizes that serving a spiritual king could be a third option.
It is perfectly true that Ben-Hur appealed chiefly to the unsophisticated an unliterary. People who had read much else of worth rarely read Ben-Hur.— The New York Times, 1905
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Lew Wallace was an American lawyer, soldier, politician and author. During active duty as a second lieutenant in the Mexican-American War, Wallace met Abraham Lincoln, who would later inspire him to join the Republican Party and fight for the Union in the American Civil War. Following the end of the war, Wallace retired from the army and began writing, completing his most famous work, Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ while serving as the governor of New Mexico Territory. Ben-Hur would go on to become the best-selling American novel of the nineteenth century, and is noted as one of the most influential Christian books ever written. Although Ben-Hur is his most famous work, Wallace published continuously throughout his lifetime. Other notable titles include, The Boyhood of Christ, The Prince of India, several biographies and his own autobiography. Wallace died in 1909 at the age of 77, after a lifetime of service in the American army and government.
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- PublisherCreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
- Publication date2016
- ISBN 10 1534913920
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- Number of pages110
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