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By Norbert Brox. Translated from the German by John Bowden. New York: Continuum, 1995. Pp. viii + 184. $18.95.

This brief but informative book surveys the history of the early Church from the beginning up to the sixth century. Brox, a respected historian known most recently for his edition and translation of The Shepherd of Hermas, seems to deal most happily with pre-Nicene material. The initial chapter treats the primitive Church its Jewish roots, and the Greco-Roman rel...