Stephen Schwartzs's Godspell, first performed in 1971 and made into a movie in 1973, is a more light-hearted musical version of the Jesus "event"; this time Jesus is once again surrounded by a troupe of carefree young people.
The novel Ben Hur: A Story of Christ (1880) by Lewis Wallace, as well as the 1959 film version Ben Hur, starring Charleton Heston, portrays the time period from the angle of a young Jew who is sent to the galleys on a false charge, escapes, and converts to Christianity.
The Greatest Story Ever Told (1949) by Fulton Oursler is a fictionalized biography of Jesus, told in a compelling style.
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