Divine Law, Human Prophet: Moses in Hebrew and Greek

Explore a 45-minute lecture by Melissa Lane, Gresham Professor of Rhetoric, examining how ancient Jewish authors Philo and Josephus compared Moses to Greek lawgivers like Lycurgus and Solon. Discover their perspectives on education, ethical habituation, writing, prophecy, and political rule while living under imperial Rome. Learn how early modern thinkers later incorporated these comparative analyses in their own reflections on law, culture, and politics. The lecture was recorded on March 6, 2025, at Barnard's Inn Hall in London, with a separate Q&A session available. Professor Lane, who also serves as the Class of 1943 Professor of Politics at Princeton University with affiliations in Classics and Philosophy, brings extensive expertise from previous appointments at Cambridge, Harvard, Oxford, and Stanford. A transcript is available on the Gresham College website, an institution offering free public lectures for over 400 years.