F. Gerald Downing is Vicar of the parish of St. Simon and St. Jude, Great Lever, Bolton. He is the author of numerous books including Christ and the Cynics (JSOT/SAC 1998) and Cynics and Christian Origins (T & T Clark 1992).
'Downing writes with an excitement which ... is itself persuasive.
He also writes with a historian's sensitivity to the fragility of
all evidence from so remote a date.' - C.J.A. Hickling, Journal of
Theological Studies
'This is a stimulating and thought-provoking book.' - Christopher
Tuckett, Theology
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