Gemara:

Sotah 

Machshava:

Chanukah 

Personalities:

Rabbi Shamshon Refael Hirsch,  Rambam 

Collections: R' Bergman Mining Maimonides

Description

The Talmud discusses a relatively limited prohibition on studying "Greek Wisdom" while the Rambam, a clear admirer of Aristotle, writes that his day the prohibition no longer applies. Given the struggles of the Maccabees against Hellenism, how should we approach the contributions of Greek culture?