text: Yes, he is a biblical scholar fluent in ancient languages.  He has an STD and an SSL in biblical studies.  If you follow the link to the lecture, you will see his wonderful intellect at work  AND he was amazingly pastoral.  Again, I was so lucky, I lived in his dorm, was his student for a number of courses, and he was my spiritual director.   He was also a periti at Vatican II.  In another time, he would have been an Archbishop or a Cardinal.  But we ended up with Dolan, Cordileone, George, Krol, Lori . . .