 Mack's hypothesis presenting Jesus and the earliest Christians within the frame of Greco-Roman cynicism is controversial.While most scholars have recognised finding Jesus within the context of first century Judaism, Mack and other proponents go against the majority and argue that Jesus be understood in a Hellenistic context.According to Craig A. Evans "The Cynic hypothesis will in time assuredly be consigned to the dustbin of ill-conceived hypotheses, but it will be useful nonetheless to appeal to it as our point of departure."