Paul Bradshaw is Director of Notre Dame University London branch. He is a Professor of Liturgy at Notre Dame, Indiana.

"Bradshaw's fertile mind has brought to birth a refreshing account of tantalising terrain, and we shall be in his debt for many years to come." Church Times, 24 July 1992(about the first edition) * "For those concerned with early Christian worship this book will be indispensible. Easy to use, and a pleasure to read, it should become a basic textbook in its field." The Evangelical Quarterly, autumn 1993