Join us after kiddush for Melissa Lane's talk about "Moses and the Ancient Greek Lawgivers".

How was Moses understood in the world of ancient Rome? And, specifically, by the two greatest Jewish thinkers of antiquity, Philo and Josephus, who wrote in Greek and lived in imperial Rome? This talk will explore how Philo and Josephus understood the biblical figure of Moses in relation to the giant lawgivers of the ancient Greek-speaking world, Lycurgus of Sparta and Solon of Athens. We will explore the similarities and differences which Philo and Josephus respectively perceived between Moses and these Greek figures. Particular attention will be paid to the act of lawgiving in relation to education, ethics, prophecy, and political rule.

No background needed: a handout will be distributed with background and quotations.