# Puzzles

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- Authors: [Carlo Ginzburg](https://www.bookquiver.com/carlo-ginzburg), [Adriano Prosperi](https://www.bookquiver.com/adriano-prosperi)
- Language: en_US
- Published: 2026-05-15
- Genres: Philosophy

## Description

A seminar, a sixteenth-century heretical text, and the art of slow reading--this is historical research as you've never seen it before. Patience Games: A Seminar on the 'Benefit of Christ' 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 The Beneficio di Cristo , 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. Through shifting hypotheses and the sheer unpredictability of research, Patience Games 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.

## Editions

### Puzzles

- Publisher: Seagull Books London Ltd
- ISBN: 978-18-0309-543-1
- Pages: 352
- Published: 2026-05-15
- Language: en_US