Ancient Jewish Prayers and Emotions, Emotions associated with Jewish prayer in and around the Second Temple period

Year

2015

Publisher

De Gruyter

Language

English

Pages

Link

Last Update

27-Feb-2026

Keywords

Religion

Description

Are you happy? Many people would classify their well-being at a high level.¹ On the other hand, more and more people who live in rich countries suffer from depression or burn-out. What then is lacking on our path to a happy existence and what can we ourselves contribute to our own happiness?

Today’s psychological research on happiness distinguishes between moments of joy (fortuna/εὐτυχία) on the one hand, and being happy, in terms of a lasting happiness (beatitudo, felicitas/εὐδαιμονία) on the other. People who are permanently happy are, according to the Greek definition, filled with a good spirit (εὐδαιμονία). Because of...