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No other medieval commentary on the death of John the Evangelist, as described in the apocryphal Acts of John, is known. Nersēs of Lambron [1153-1198] used the text as a basis for spiritual reflection and an exposition of Armenian theological tradition.

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Robert Thomson was Professor of Armenian Studies at Harvard University and later Oxford. He also served as Director of Dumbarton Oaks 1984-1989. He has edited and translated numerous texts in Armenian, Syriac, Georgian and Greek, primarily Histories and Biblical commentaries.

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