# Endnotes explained — Barlaam and Ioasaph

> Chapter companion for Barlaam and Ioasaph by Anonymous.

## 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 lines

> 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._

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