Nerses of Lambron : commentary on the Dormition of Saint John : Armenian text and annotated translation / by Robert W. Thomson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Thomson, Robert W., 1934-2018, author.

Nerses, of Lambron, Saint, 1153-1198, author.

Series:

Armenian texts and studies (Leiden, Netherlands) ; v. 1.

Armenian Texts and Studies, 2405-7045 ; Volume 1

Language:

Armenian

English

Subjects (All):

Nerses, of Lambron, Saint, 1153-1198--Criticism and interpretation.

Nerses.

Dormition of Saint John--Commentaries.

Dormition of Saint John.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (229 pages).

Place of Publication:

Leiden, Netherlands ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : Brill, 2017.

Language Note:

In English and Armenian; Armenian text of original document included.

Summary:

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:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed June 21, 2017).

Contains:

Nerses, of Lambron, Saint, 1153-1198. Tesutʻiwn kʻnnutʻeamb aghawtʻitsʻ surb awetaranchʻin Yovhanu.

Nerses, of Lambron, Saint, 1153-1198. Tesutʻiwn kʻnnutʻeamb aghawtʻitsʻ surb awetaranchʻin Yovhanu. English

ISBN:

9789004343214

9004343210

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004343214 DOI