1. Judah Ben-Hur, shortened to Ben-Hur, is a fictional character, the title character and protagonist from Lew Wallace's 1880 novel Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ.
10 Facts About Judah Ben-Hur
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Judah Ben-Hur is a Jewish prince of Jerusalem who is descended from a royal family of Judaea; son of Ithamar; enslaved by the Romans and freed by Quintus Arrius, a Roman warship commander, who adopts Judah as his son.
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Judah Ben-Hur later becomes a trained charioteer intending to defeat Messala as retribution for falsely accusing him and his family of attacking the Roman governor during a military parade earlier on in the book.
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Judah Ben-Hur watches him perform miracles, witnesses the crucifixion and realizes that Judah Ben-Hur is a heavenly King, not an earthly king.
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Five years after the chariot race, Judah Ben-Hur learns from Iras that she killed Messala.
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Judah Ben-Hur gives his fortune to help construct the Catacomb of Callixtus and an underground church within the catacombs.
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In contrast with the book, while witnessing the crucifixion, Judah Ben-Hur comes to realize that forgiveness is better than vengeance, feeling Jesus' voice taking the sword of anger and hatred out of his hand.
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Judah Ben-Hur appears in the Back to the Future animated series episode "Roman Holiday".
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On stage, Judah Ben-Hur was portrayed by Sebastian Thrun, which premiered at the O2 Arena in London in 2009.
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In contrast with the novel most of the adaptations end with Judah Ben-Hur being reunited with Miriam and Tirzah.