caa a22 4500 38636236X CHVBK 20180307111920.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161130e198910 xx s 000 0 eng 10.1017/S0028688500015204 doi S0028688500015204 pii (NATIONALLICENCE)cambridge-10.1017/S0028688500015204 McDonald J. I. H. Romans 13.1-7: A Test Case for New Testament Interpretation [Elektronische Daten] [J. I. H. McDonald] It is hardly necessary to emphasise the problematic nature of this passage. Its tragic misuse, in past and present, in the interests of supporting oppressive regimes and suppressing protest can neither be denied nor condoned. It is easy to lay the blame for such abusesat the door of non-contextual literalism, with its hidden agenda of endorsement of the status quo. Liberal interpreters, however, also work with a hidden agenda and cannot be allowed to assume that they know from the outset the ‘right' interpretation of the passage.That is why we have described it as a test case for New Testament interpretation. It is not simply that the passage is being tested. Thetest is whether New Testament hermeneutics is able to handle acase as difficult and controversial as Rom 13. 1-7 while remaining true to its principles and without resorting to emergency procedures, such as drastic surgery! Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1989 New Testament Studies Cambridge University Press 35/4(1989-10), 540-549 0028-6885 35:4<540 1989 35 NTS https://doi.org/10.1017/S0028688500015204 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0028688500015204 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- McDonald J. I. H. NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- New Testament Studies Cambridge University Press 35/4(1989-10), 540-549 0028-6885 35:4<540 1989 35 NTS CC0 http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-cambridge