This monograph, a revision of a 2016 dissertation at the University of Siegen, Germany, argues that the Gospel of John uses the ergon word group at key points and in a distinctive way and examines the role and function of ergon/ergazesthai through the insights of linguistics and Ruben Zimmerman’s concept of implicit ethics. The book features an introduction (pp. 1–7), three main sections, and a conclusion (pp. 286–95) as well as a bibliography (pp. 299–316) and indexes of ancient texts (pp. 317–20), authors (pp. 321–22), and subjects (pp. 323–24).
The first section (pp. 9–76) consists of three chapters that cover foundational issues. The first chapter (pp. 11–19) considers John’s use of language and the ergon word group, drawing attention to the fact that there is both a simplicity and a complexity when it comes to language in the Gospel of John that requires attentive research. Chapter 2 (pp. 20–50) offers...
