The Rabbi

Ratzinger, aka Pope Benedict 16, writes, this is only the first half, from a stance straddling scholarship and the pew relating the life and purpose of Jesus of Nazareth, the son of God. His familiarity with the work of the Jesus seminar evinces his scholarship, but his desire extends to a broader, less "educated" audience. Therefore within the book lies not just a historical Jesus, one detheologized prior to being recast by the drafters of the church, but the divine son of God, who came to seek, to save, and to set the model for christian living.
Ratzinger's work on the sermon on the mount, both Luke and Matthew's versions, excels, particularly as he interacts with Jacob Neusner's A Rabbi Talks with Jesus.
The book is well worth the time to read. So much so, that it would be interesting in an evangelical setting to examine what he writes toward determining what if anything would not be acceptable. My reading would say most, if not all. Which leads to my next point, it's not the bible that fractures christianity, it's "doctrine," or "theology." Since I am far to unlearned to work in the theology sphere, I will stick with the bible with the result that I can benefit from reading the pope's take on Jesus. Hopefully this does not put me into McLaren's generous orthodoxy camp--he the great ecumenist--but I would rather read Moses and Jeremiah than Calvin or Aquinus.