Talk:Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ

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Contents 1 plot summary 2 Manger 3 Improvement 4 Article Title 5 Ben-Hur, this page and disambiguation

[edit] plot summary

I notice the plot summary ends at the chariot race, which is only the middle of the book. Someone who has access to a copy of the book might look into finishing up the summary. J. Passepartout

[edit] Manger

I don't believe it is correct to state that "animals were kept in mangers". A manger is a long open box or trough -- something that large animals eat out of, not something they live in. With enough straw, it may make a nice little cradle substitute, but it isn't a stable.

[edit] Improvement

This article is good but a ==Literary significance & criticism== section would be helpful. :: Kevinalewis : ^{(Talk Page)}/_(Desk) 09:59, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Article Title

Since it is the official title of the book, maybe the title of this article should be Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ instead of Ben-Hur (novel)

Absolutely. No question about it. Besides, much better than having "(novel)" in the title. -- Stbalbach 02:11, 1 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Ben-Hur, this page and disambiguation

I'm tempted to have Ben-Hur redirect here, add an adaptations section to this document and create a real dab page. But I'm not sure its entirely necessary. Any thoughts? (John User:Jwy talk) 05:46, 25 May 2007 (UTC)

I agree. Since it is where the name came from anyway. Reginmund 06:37, 3 August 2007 (UTC)

Better to leave Ben-Hur as the dab page - unclear if the novel, movie(s) or play are what the majority of people are looking for when they first type "ben-hur" in the search field. Plus the novel's full name "tale of the christ" should be in the title of the article IMO, which free's up "ben-hur" for a dab page. There might be a purist argument for it (novel came first, gets first billing in name space), but pragmatically its better as is. Fothergill Volkensniff IV (talk) 22:53, 25 May 2008 (UTC)