The 1959 movie Ben-Hur, starring Charlton Heston, is often shown on television for the Easter season. Its moving depiction of Jesus’s crucifixion at the end of the film makes it an obvious choice for programmers. The 1880 novel on which the movie is based, however, is more of a Christmas story than an Easter one.
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ is the full title of Lew Wallace’s masterpiece. Despite that title, the book, like the movie, barely depicts Christ, and the plot is occupied with the trials and adventures of the other title character, Jewish prince Judah Ben-Hur. But Wallace’s book is much more about the Incarnation than it is about the Resurrection.
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