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Puzzles : a seminar on the Benefit of Christ / Carlo Ginzbur and Adriano Prosperi ; translated by Thomas Haskell Simpson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ginzburg, Carlo, author.
- Prosperi, Adriano, author.
- Series:
- Italian list
- The Italian list
- Standardized Title:
- Giochi di paziensa. English.
- Language:
- English
- Italian
- Subjects (All):
- Benedetto, da Mantova, active 1534-1541. Beneficio di Cristo.
- Benedetto.
- Atonement--Early works to 1800.
- Atonement.
- Atonement--History of doctrines.
- Genre:
- Conference papers and proceedings.
- Physical Description:
- 352 pages ; 24 cm.
- Other Title:
- Seminar on the Benefit of Christ
- Place of Publication:
- London : Seagull Books, 2026.
- Language Note:
- Translated from Italian ; published as Giochi di pazienza in 2020.
- Summary:
- "A seminar, a sixteenth-century heretical text, and the art of slow reading—this is historical research as you’ve never seen it before. Puzzles: 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, Puzzles dismantles the illusion of scholarship as a sterile pursuit, revealing instead a messy, deeply human endeavour. 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." -- Publisher description.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1803095431
- 9781803095431
- OCLC:
- 1502681110
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