05-24-2013, 03:54 AM
Shlama akhi,
this much i can answer: the apostle Paul was brought up at the feet of Gamaliel, who was a prominent teacher from the Pharisee school of Hillel. the school of Hillel in Jerusalem held the notable position of not demonizing Greek wisdom, but included it as part of the teaching of its students. interestingly enough, if you look at the Greek poets the apostle Paul quotes, the quotes are taken from the first few lines of the the particular poet, which to me is significant. to me, it means he obviously had some degree of familiarity with the Greek wisdom writings, but it was probably only cursory. although we can't know for certain, i like to think of his knowledge as something along the lines of the depth one would likely gain from taking, say, an Overview of the Old Testament in a community college, or something. just my thoughts.
Chayim b'Moshiach,
Jeremy
this much i can answer: the apostle Paul was brought up at the feet of Gamaliel, who was a prominent teacher from the Pharisee school of Hillel. the school of Hillel in Jerusalem held the notable position of not demonizing Greek wisdom, but included it as part of the teaching of its students. interestingly enough, if you look at the Greek poets the apostle Paul quotes, the quotes are taken from the first few lines of the the particular poet, which to me is significant. to me, it means he obviously had some degree of familiarity with the Greek wisdom writings, but it was probably only cursory. although we can't know for certain, i like to think of his knowledge as something along the lines of the depth one would likely gain from taking, say, an Overview of the Old Testament in a community college, or something. just my thoughts.
Chayim b'Moshiach,
Jeremy