After a century of neglect Johannine ethics has enjoyed a recent surge in interest inspired by
new theoretical insights in analysing ethical data in John's Gospel. By closely re-reading the
text on the basis of this fresh research Jan G. van der Watt's aim in the present volume is to
reveal ethical data within its structural interrelatedness. The result is a comprehensive
overview of basic questions related to ethics such as what the basis or source of ethics
actually is whether identity plays a role in ethical decision making how values and ethical
requirements are to be recognised what is expected of an ethical agent and what ethical
behaviour looks like. As a coherent guide to getting deeds done ethically this first volume on
the grammar of the apostle's ethics focuses on his Gospel while a second is set to concentrate
on his letters.
