Ben Hur - An Abridged Paperback

A proud first-century Jew, Judah Ben Hur, suffers the betrayal of his best friend and Roman noble, Messala, and finds himself sentenced to serve as a slave in the galleys of a Roman ship. Surviving a shipwreck, he returns home and brings with him a ravenous appetite for settling old scores and toppling a government. What he doesn't realize is that he is doomed to destroy his hardened soul unless he can surrender to someone more powerful than his hatred: Jesus Christ.

This epic tale, made popular by Charlton Heston's portrayal of Ben Hur for the Hollywood screen, will take you to exotic settings in the Eastern World at the time of Christ. You will meet sheiks, pilgrims, Balthasar's beautiful daughter, as well as one of the three wise men. And you will meet Jesus Christ on the way to Golgotha.