{"product_id":"puzzles-a-seminar-on-the-benefit-of-christ-9781803095431","title":"Puzzles: A Seminar on the 'Benefit of Christ'","description":"\u003cb\u003eA seminar, a sixteenth-century heretical text, and the art of slow reading--this is historical research as you've never seen it before.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003ePatience Games: A Seminar on the 'Benefit of Christ'\u003c\/i\u003e invites readers into the unpredictable world of scholarly discovery, where interpretation is not a straight path but a labyrinth of dialogue revision. At the heart of this book is a seminar held forty years ago at the University of Bologna, where students wrestled with \u003ci\u003eThe Beneficio di Cristo\u003c\/i\u003e, the incendiary sixteenth-century text that questioned Church authority and championed salvation through grace alone. This is not a neatly packaged historical study, however--it is an unfiltered look at the errors and insights that emerge in the collective process of reading and debating a text. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Through shifting hypotheses and the sheer unpredictability of research, \u003ci\u003ePatience Games\u003c\/i\u003e dismantles the illusion of scholarship as a sterile pursuit, revealing instead a messy, deeply human endeavor. Blending sharp analysis with wit and self-irony, the book makes a compelling case for the continued importance of slow reading--even in an age where knowledge is just a click away.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCarlo Ginzburg\u003c\/b\u003e has taught at the University of Bologna, UCLA, and the Scuola Normale Superiore in Pisa. He has received numerous awards and has published several books including Fear Reverence Terror and The Soul of Brutes. \u003cb\u003eAdriano Prosperi\u003c\/b\u003e is an emeritus professor of modern history at the Scuola Normale Superiore in Pisa. His works include \u003ci\u003eInfanticide, Secular Justice, Religious Debate in Early Modern Europe\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eCrime and Forgiveness: Christianizing Execution in Medieval Europe\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cb\u003eThomas Haskell Simpson\u003c\/b\u003e is associate professor in the Department of French and Italian at Northwestern University and a translator of many works from Italian. He has translated the works of Giorgio Agamben, Carlo Ginzburg, and Gianni Carchia.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Seagull Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52197003985170,"sku":"9781803095431","price":29.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_a4acd8f6-f839-4355-967b-a5b720fac53d.jpg?v=1776160036","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/puzzles-a-seminar-on-the-benefit-of-christ-9781803095431","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}