Barlaam and Ioasaph · Chapter
Endnotes explained
This chapter contains the endnotes for the book, providing citations, cross-references, and explanatory notes on various terms, sources, and textual variants referenced in the main narrative.
What happens
This chapter contains the endnotes for the book, providing citations, cross-references, and explanatory notes on various terms, sources, and textual variants referenced in the main narrative.
Key passages
“For details see Max Müller, Contemp. Review (July, 1870).”
Further information can be found in an article by Max Müller in the Contemporary Review, published in July 1870.
Provides a scholarly reference for a point discussed in the main text.
“Cp. here : ἵνα γνῷς, ὦ βασιλεῦ, ὅτι οὐκ ἀπ’ ἐμαυτοῦ ταῦτα λέγω, ταῖς Γραφαῖς ἐγκύψας τῶν Χριστιανῶν εὑρήσεις οὐδὲν ἔξωθεν τῆς ἀληθείας με λέγειν.”
Compare this passage: 'So that you may know, O king, that I do not say these things of myself; if you examine the Scriptures of the Christians, you will find that I speak nothing outside the truth.'
A Greek quotation emphasizing the speaker's reliance on Christian scriptures for truth.
“A play on the Greek word Kosmos which means: (1) An orderly arrangement, (2) Universe.”
This is a wordplay on the Greek term 'Kosmos,' which can mean both 'orderly arrangement' and 'universe.'
Explains a double meaning used in the text.
“It was the Apology of Aristides , written circa AD 125. See the Introduction.”
This refers to the Apology of Aristides, composed around AD 125; see the Introduction for more details.
Identifies the source and date of a referenced work.
“This reference to an assembly suggests a variant version of this episode for above ( see here ) Theudas is closeted with Ioasaph and the king.”
The mention of an assembly here indicates a different version of the episode where Theudas is in private consultation with Ioasaph and the king.
Notes a textual variant in the narrative.