{"product_id":"9781803095431","title":"PRE-ORDER NOW Puzzles : A Seminar on the `Benefit of Christ' by Adriano Prosperi","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e PRE-ORDER NOW - Published: 30\/03\/2026 \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA 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. \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardback","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56369205739893,"sku":"9781803095431","price":22.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/9781803095431","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}