Nersēs of Lambron
Subtitle: commentary on the dormition of Saint John
By: Armenian text and annotated translation by Robert W. Thomson
Contributors: Thomson, Robert W., 1934-2018, translator; Nerses, of Lambron, Saint, 1153-1198; Nerses, of Lambron, Saint, 1153-1198
Series: Armenian texts and studies -- volume 1; University of Pennsylvania Armenian texts and studies -- no. 1.
Publisher: Brill
Published: 2017
Place of publication: Leiden
Language: eng
Number of pages: 229
ISBN-13: 9789004343207; 9789004343214
Copyright date: 2017
Subjects: Death and burial; Commentaries; Acts of John
Other titles: Commentary on the dormition of Saint John; Dormition of Saint John
Description: "This is the first translation of the twelfth century Armenian commentary on the death of John the Evangelist as found in the Acts of John. The last section of the apocryphal life of the Evangelist became detached from the whole, and circulated widely in the churches of east and west. The Armenian version was included in service books, Bibles, and collections of saints’ lives. Yet no medieval commentary on that brief text is known in any other language. Nersēs of Lambron [1153-1198], Archbishop of Tarsus, was a prolific author and an influential player in the ecclesiastical politics of his era. He used this work as a medium for spiritual reflection, and for an exposition of the Armenian tradition as opposed to the theologies of the Greek and Syrian churches." --
Notes: Translation of Hangist srboyn Yovhannu.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-221) and indexes.

Includes Armenian text and English translation on opposite pages; introduction and notes in English.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Nersēs and the Dormition; title: Translation of Nersēs' commentary with notes; title: Nersēs' Armenian text of the Dormition.