Article December 18, 1989 Issue

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The New York Times

From The New York Times, December 25, 1988

"The story begins very simply. A man and his pregnant wife are on a journey. They had planned to stay at an inn, but because all the rooms are gone they take shelter in a stable. ...

"The rest of the tale has been 2,000 years in the telling. ...

"There have been eras in which it seemed unlikely that the story would ever be told again. But new pages are forever being written. Some ... will be read only by those who lived them. Others will be read by the world. The ending isn't in view; each chapter serves to introduce the next.

"A man, a woman, a stable, a birth. Out of such unpromising material, such an astonishment."

Copyright © 1988 by The New York Times Company. Reprinted by permission.

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