According to a Yale University literature professor, the tale of Christ's lifethe so-called 'Greatest Story Ever Told'is saddled by a lazy, formulaic deus ex machina conclusion. 'Talk about slapping on a happy Hollywood ending,' Dr. Donald Schmidt said. 'The Christ character gets nailed to the cross and dies, and the story seems to end on a complex and tragic note. But then, completely out of nowhere, this magical being comes down from out of the sky and resurrects Him, and all is well. Are we seriously supposed to fall for that? Please.' Schmidt said the story's publisher probably forced its author to change the 'down' ending out of fear of alienating readers. 