Early Christian Life and Thought in Social Context fills a vacuum in current scholarship. While there exists a number of anthologies of sources for students of the New Testament and early Judaism, this book integrates concise explanatory comment on various aspects of the historical and social situat... (more)

Early Christian Life and Thought in Social Context fills a vacuum in current scholarship. While there exist a number of anthologies of sources for students of the New Testament and early Judaism, this book integrates concise explanatory comment on various aspects of the historical and social situati... (more)

This collection of essays revolves around the two fields in which Professor John Briggs has contributed so much: history - particularly Baptist and Nonconformist - and the ecumenical movement, and many of the contributions examine the inter-relationship between them. With contributions from colleagu... (more)