Abstract
An investigation of the narratives within the first six chapters of the Fourth Gospel indicates that Nicodemus and the Samaritan woman function as foils within the larger typology of persons from Galilee, Samaria amd Judaea who respond to Jesus. Taken together, the narratives form a diptych (3:1–21; 4:1–42). They also form the center panel of a triptych occurring between 1:19–2:25 (first panel) and 4:43–6:69 (third panel). Nicodemus and the Samaritan woman are discussed in relationship to one another and to the narratives surrounding them for their dramatic development. The dialogical character of each narrative reveals religious insights which complement one another as well as the narrative chapters which bracket them.
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