Pope Benedict XVI leads his weekly general audience in Saint Peter's Square at the Vatican November 15, 2006. REUTERS/Tony Gentile (VATICAN)
Pope Benedict XVI delivers his message next to his personal aide Rev. Georg Gaenswein during his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2006. (AP Photo/Plinio Lepri)
SS Benedetto XVI - Piazza San Pietro - Udienza Generale - 15-11-2006 - (Copyright L'OSSERVATORE ROMANO - Servizio Fotografico - photo@ossrom.va)
And he is not just a "Holy Spirit," understood generically according to the manner of expression of the Old Testament (cf. Isaiah 63:10,11; Psalm 51:13), and of Judaism itself in its writings (Qumran, rabbinism).I've got to say, I really like Benedict XVI. Witness his Many Religions-One Covenant: Israel, the Church and the World (written when he was Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger).
Though I wouldn't have understood it so well without first reading Hyam Maccoby, Revolution In Judaea: Jesus and the Jewish Resistance.