The number of studies on joy and other positive emotions in ancient Greek literature, the Greek Bible, early and Byzantine Christianity is relatively small. It gives the misleading impression that negative emotions were more important than positive ones in antiquity. This book aims to fill a gap in current research on ancient emotions and to initiate an in-depth discussion on the topic of joy, its many undertones, its fragility, its concrete and metaphorical enemies, and its degree of legitimacy in different texts from classical Greek literature to Byzantine Christianity.

Contributions by Antonella Bellantuono, Laura Bigoni, Eberhard Bons, Ralph Brucker, Antonio Cacciari, Laura Carnevale, Luigi D’Amelia, Dorota Hartman, Christoph Kugelmeier, Giulia Leonardi, Edmondo Lupieri, Louis Painchaud, Beatrice Perego, Pietro Rosa, Daniela Scialabba

Author Biography

Eberhard Bons is professor emeritus of Biblical Studies (Old Testament) at the University of Strasbourg (France) and affiliated researcher at the Fondazione per le scienze religiose (FSCIRE) in Bologna. He is co-editor of the Historical and Theological Lexicon of the Septuagint (Mohr Siebeck) and editor of the book series The Septuagint in its Ancient Context (Brepols).

Anna Mambelli is assistant professor of Ancient Christian Literature at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, and affiliated researcher at the Fondazione per le scienze religiose (FSCIRE) in Bologna. She is scientific coordinator of the Historical and Theological Lexicon of the Septuagint (Mohr Siebeck), and deputy editor of the journal Annali di Storia dell’Esegesi (EDB).

Daniela Scialabba is associate professor at the Pontifical Biblical Institute of Rome (Old Testament) and affiliated researcher at the Fondazione per le scienze religiose (FSCIRE) in Bologna. She is co-editor of the Historical and Theological Lexicon of the Septuagint (Mohr Siebeck) and member of the editorial board of the series Septuagint and Cognate Studies (SBL).

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