Michael A. Daise identifies literary features found in six quotations in the Fourth Gospel, suggesting they should be revisited as clusters rather than as discrete units. Three quotations are the only ones whose introductory formulae explicitly ascribe them to Isaiah; three are the only ones cast as being ''remembered'' by Jesus'' disciples; and each of these groupings forms aninclusio within the Book of Signs which, when combined with the other, produces achiasmus to Jesus'' public ministry.

Daise examines these clusters in three studies, addressing their exegetical issues and theological implications. After an introductoryapologia for an historical-critical and theological approach, the first two studies distil narrative themes embedded in the Isaianic and ''remembrance''inclusios. The third study then reconstructs the synthesis of these themes created by thechiasmus, and translates its key elements into theological categories. Daise concludes that, while the Isaianicinclusio brings ''closure'' to the Book of Signs -by disclosing the angelic cause of the Jews'' unbelief - the ''remembrance''inclusio creates an anticipation of the Book of Glory - by casting Jesus as poised to establish a new dynasty with the casting out that angelic cause. Daise further argues that this broader storyline carries ramifications for an array of motifs in the Fourth Gospel''s theological taxonomy: in particular its christology, soteriology, eschatology, ecclesiology and pneumatology.

Michael A. Daise identifies literary features found in six quotations in the Fourth Gospel, suggesting they should be revisited as clusters rather than as discrete units. Three quotations are the only ones whose introductory formulae explicitly ascribe them to Isaiah; three are the only ones cast as being ''remembered'' by Jesus'' disciples; and each of these groupings forms aninclusio within the Book of Signs which, when combined with the other, produces achiasmus to Jesus'' public ministry.

Daise examines these clusters in three studies, addressing their exegetical issues and theological implications. After an introductoryapologia for an historical-critical and theological approach, the first two studies distil narrative themes embedded in the Isaianic and ''remembrance''inclusios. The third study then reconstructs the synthesis of these themes created by thechiasmus, and translates its key elements into theological categories. Daise concludes that, while the Isaianicinclusio brings ''closure'' to the Book of Signs -by disclosing the angelic cause of the Jews'' unbelief - the ''remembrance''inclusio creates an anticipation of the Book of Glory - by casting Jesus as poised to establish a new dynasty with the casting out that angelic cause. Daise further argues that this broader storyline carries ramifications for an array of motifs in the Fourth Gospel''s theological taxonomy: in particular its christology, soteriology, eschatology, ecclesiology and pneumatology.