Ben Hur’s Struggle with Faith: a Theme The movie Ben Hur is about Judah Ben Hur, an aristocratic Jew living during the Augustan age and the time of Jesus when Jud was a Roman province. The Jews had historically always been oppressed and ruled over and during this age, were planning revolts against the Romans so they could finally be independent. Ben Hur was not only an aristocrat, but also a religious leader who …showed first 75 words of 599 total…

…showed last 75 words of 599 total…pains and hold his faith in God, even though it did not seem as though God was there for him. But even after he left the comfort of believing that God was helping him, he still held in his heart the truth. In the end, Ben Hur converted back to trusting and believing in God, who then helped Ben Hur to take care of his people and gave him back his family. back. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**