1. Thinking Happiness: Greek and Hellenistic Views -- 2. Ashrei: Torah, Wisdom, and Living Rightly in Ancient Judaism -- 3. The Happy Life of Torah in Rabbinic Judaism -- 4. Happiness and the Cultivation of Character in Islam -- 5. Perfectly Happy: Maimonides' Conception of Happiness -- 6. The Maimonidean Controversies: Debating the Meaning of Happiness -- 7. The Kabbalistic Prescription for Happiness -- 8. Intellectual Perfection and Jewish-Christian Rivalry -- 9. Religious Perfection and the Interplay of Philosophy and Kabbalah