The World of the Early Church
A Social History
by Simon Jones
GoodBookStall Review:
Another in the now quite long-lived and popular Lion hardback series: in this we are introduced to the social world in which Christianity developed. The illustrations support the text and are impressively presented, but the captioning often leaves a lot to be desired. The archaeological and literary facts give a vivid picture of the teeming cities of the Roman world into which the first apostles ventured, initially to the Jewish diaspora and then, most significantly, to the gentiles. How these social conditions impacted on the gospel message itself is the underlying theme of any study of this type, and so it is here.
Reviewer: Ian Gibbs (31/08/11)
Another in the now quite long-lived and popular Lion hardback series: in this we are introduced to the social world in which Christianity developed. The illustrations support the text and are impressively presented, but the captioning often leaves a lot to be desired. The archaeological and literary facts give a vivid picture of the teeming cities of the Roman world into which the first apostles ventured, initially to the Jewish diaspora and then, most significantly, to the gentiles. How these social conditions impacted on the gospel message itself is the underlying theme of any study of this type, and so it is here.
Reviewer: Ian Gibbs (31/08/11)
