For For students and readers interested in the early church beyond Paul; not a first book on the New Testament.
Should I read this?
For the general reader
3 of 5worth your time
For the researcher
4 of 5important
Difficulty
3 of 5demanding
Studies (1979) of Peter, Stephen, James and John and the early Christianity associated with each, apart from Paul.
How it proceeds
Philosophic1 of 5
Scriptural4 of 5
Experiential0 of 5
Sociological3 of 5
Historical5 of 5
Independent intensities, 0–5 — what the work is made of, not how good it is.
Published by Paternoster in 1979 (159 pages) with the subtitle Studies in Early Non-Pauline Christianity, and by Eerdmans in 1980 as Peter, Stephen, James, and John. Bruce studies the leading figures of the early church other than Paul, Peter, Stephen and the Hellenists, James the Lord's brother and John, and the forms of Christianity associated with them.
