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Joy Denied, Joy Rediscovered
From Classical Greek Literature to Byzantine Christianity
Series: - Bologna Studies in Religious History, Volume: 3
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 DâAmelia, Dorota Hartman, Christoph Kugelmeier, Giulia Leonardi, Edmondo Lupieri, Louis Painchaud, Beatrice Perego, Pietro Rosa, Daniela Scialabba
Contributions by Antonella Bellantuono, Laura Bigoni, Eberhard Bons, Ralph Brucker, Antonio Cacciari, Laura Carnevale, Luigi DâAmelia, Dorota Hartman, Christoph Kugelmeier, Giulia Leonardi, Edmondo Lupieri, Louis Painchaud, Beatrice Perego, Pietro Rosa, Daniela Scialabba
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).
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).
Preface
Notes on Contributors
1 Ἡδονή and ÏαÏέκÏαÏιÏ: Manifestations of Joy in Ancient Tragedy
âChristoph Kugelmeier
2 Who Is Worthy of Ridicule? the Role of Derision in the Socratic Dialogues of Plato
âLaura Bigoni
3 âEveryone who Hears Will Laugh with Meâ: Remarks about the Verb ÏÏ Î³ÏαίÏÏ in Gen. 21.6
âGiulia Leonardi
4 Joy and Worship in Deuteronomy
âAntonella Bellantuono
5 The Theme of Joy in the Book of Judith
âBeatrice Perego
6 The Dynamic of Joy in Psalm 125LXX
âDaniela Scialabba
7 Questioning Godâs Feelings: on Schadenfreude in (a Pericope of) the Book of Job
âLaura Carnevale
8 Joy, Happiness, and Pleasure
âSome Observations on the Usages of εá½Î´Î±Î¹Î¼Î¿Î½Î¯Î±, εá½ÏÏοÏύνη, ἡδονή, ÏαÏά, and Cognate Terms in Philo of Alexandria
âEberhard Bons
9 Fear, Joy, and Sorrow: Politics of Emotions in Some Gospel Narratives
âEdmondo F. Lupieri
10 Aspects of Joy in the Gospel according to Luke
âPietro Rosa
11 Joy in the Letter to the Philippians
âRalph Brucker
12 Joy in the Apocryphal Acts of the Apostles
âDorota Hartman
13 âThe Gospel of Truth is Joyâ (Gos. Truth NHC I 16.31â32): Joy in the Corpus of Coptic Gnostic Texts
âLouis Painchaud
14 The Terminology of âJoyâ in Origenâs New Homilies on the Psalms
âAntonio Cacciari
15 Glimpses of Joy in Byzantine Literature
âLuigi DâAmelia
Index of Names
Notes on Contributors
1 Ἡδονή and ÏαÏέκÏαÏιÏ: Manifestations of Joy in Ancient Tragedy
âChristoph Kugelmeier
2 Who Is Worthy of Ridicule? the Role of Derision in the Socratic Dialogues of Plato
âLaura Bigoni
3 âEveryone who Hears Will Laugh with Meâ: Remarks about the Verb ÏÏ Î³ÏαίÏÏ in Gen. 21.6
âGiulia Leonardi
4 Joy and Worship in Deuteronomy
âAntonella Bellantuono
5 The Theme of Joy in the Book of Judith
âBeatrice Perego
6 The Dynamic of Joy in Psalm 125LXX
âDaniela Scialabba
7 Questioning Godâs Feelings: on Schadenfreude in (a Pericope of) the Book of Job
âLaura Carnevale
8 Joy, Happiness, and Pleasure
âSome Observations on the Usages of εá½Î´Î±Î¹Î¼Î¿Î½Î¯Î±, εá½ÏÏοÏύνη, ἡδονή, ÏαÏά, and Cognate Terms in Philo of Alexandria
âEberhard Bons
9 Fear, Joy, and Sorrow: Politics of Emotions in Some Gospel Narratives
âEdmondo F. Lupieri
10 Aspects of Joy in the Gospel according to Luke
âPietro Rosa
11 Joy in the Letter to the Philippians
âRalph Brucker
12 Joy in the Apocryphal Acts of the Apostles
âDorota Hartman
13 âThe Gospel of Truth is Joyâ (Gos. Truth NHC I 16.31â32): Joy in the Corpus of Coptic Gnostic Texts
âLouis Painchaud
14 The Terminology of âJoyâ in Origenâs New Homilies on the Psalms
âAntonio Cacciari
15 Glimpses of Joy in Byzantine Literature
âLuigi DâAmelia
Index of Names
Academic institutes, libraries, specialists in Biblical studies, Patristics and Byzantine Christianity, scholars of emotions in the ancient world.