Paul F. Bradshaw is emeritus professor of liturgical studies at the University of Notre Dame, and the author or editor of over thirty books, and more than one hundred and fifty articles. His recent titles include The Apostolic Tradition Reconstructed (2021) and Ancient Church Orders (2015).
""No one who wants to do serious investigation of the origins of Christian worship and especially of the Eucharist should neglect the work of Paul Bradshaw. In this second, revised and updated edition of Eucharistic Origins, Bradshaw handles the data with the skill of a surgeon and judiciously weighs a considerable amount of recent scholarship. Some may not agree with his arguments or conclusions, but no one can take his work lightly. This book is indispensable for anyone seriously interested in the meaning and celebration of the early Eucharist."" --John F. Baldovin, SJ, professor of historical and liturgical theology, Boston College School of Theology and Ministry ""In this thoroughly updated edition, Paul Bradshaw provides a masterful study of the key texts and theologies of the Eucharist in the first four centuries. This edition is notable not only for its inclusion of new secondary literature, but also the use of newly published liturgical texts that provide further evidence for the celebration of the Eucharist in the early church. This systematic and accessible study will be enormously useful to both students and scholars."" --Nathan P. Chase, assistant professor of liturgical and sacramental theology, Aquinas Institute of Theology