Ben Hur

Japanese: ベン･ハー（英語表記）Ben Hur

A novel written by American lawyer, politician, and author Lew(is) Wallace (1827-1905). Published in 1880. The story is about a young Jewish nobleman named Ben-Hur in Bethlehem in the time of Jesus, who is falsely accused of plotting to assassinate an important person and sent to a galley, and then tricked by a man he thought was his friend, only to narrowly escape death. After a series of strange events, Ben-Hur finally comes to believe in the existence of Jesus. Sales of the novel exploded in the UK and the US upon its publication, and translations were published in several countries.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

アメリカの弁護士･政治家･作家のウォーレスLew(is) Wallace(1827‐1905)作の小説。1880年刊。イエスの時代のベツレヘムでのこと，ユダヤの若い貴族のベン･ハーが要人殺害計画のぬれぎぬを着せられてガレー船に送り込まれたり，友人と思い込んでいた男の計略にのせられるが危うく難を逃れるなど，数奇な運命ののち初めて，イエスの存在を信じるようになる，という物語。出版と同時に英米で爆発的な売行きを見せ，数ヵ国で翻訳が出版された。

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