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Secondary Sources

Book or monograph Harold W. Attridge, First-Century Cynicism in the Epistles of Heraclitus. Augsburg Fortress Publishers, 1989. Pbk. ISBN: 0800670027.
Article in Journal or Book Hans Dieter Betz, "Jesus and the Cynics: Survey and Analysis of a Hypothesis," Journal of Religion 74.4 (1994): 453-475.
Article in Journal or Book F. Gerald Downing, "Cynics and Christians," New Testament Studies 30.4 (1984): 584-593.
Book or monograph Downing: Cynics and Christian OriginsF. Gerald Downing, Cynics and Christian Origins. Edinburgh: T & T Clark, 1992. Hbk. ISBN: 0567096130. pp.252.
Article in Journal or Book F. Gerald Downing, "Cynics and Christians, Oedipus and Thyestes,." Journal of Ecclesiastical History 44.1 (1993): 1-10.
Book or monograph D. Dudley, A History of Cynicism: From Diogenes to the Sixth Century AD. Bristol Classical Press, 1998. Pbk. ISBN: 1853995487. pp.236.
On-line Resource Cynics (The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy)
Article in Journal or Book Derek Krueger, "The Life of Symeon the Fool and the Cynic Tradition," Journal of Early Christian Studies 1.4 (1993): 423-442.
Article in Journal or Book A.J. Malherbe, "Self-Definition Among Epicureans and Cynics," Ben F. Meyer & E.P. Sanders, ed. Jewish and Christian Self-Definition, Vol. 3. Philadelphia: Fortress, 1983. Hbk. ISBN: 0800606906. pp.46-59.
Article in Journal or Book David Seeley, "Jesus and the Cynics Revisited," Journal of Biblical Literature 116.4 (1997): 704-712.
Book or monograph S.K. Stowers, The Diatribe and Paul's Letter to the Romans. Chico: Scholars, 1981. ISBN: 0891304932.
On-line Resource Cynic School of Philosophy (William Turner)

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