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| Introduction |
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| Contributors |
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| Part 1: Markets, instruments and trading |
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3 | (6) |
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Development of futures and options markets |
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Advantages and disadvantages of electronic trading |
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3 The exchanges and their contracts |
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The London International Financial Futures Exchange (LIFFE) |
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The International Petroleum Exchange (IPE) |
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The London Metal Exchange (LME) |
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The London Bullion Market Association (LBMA) |
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The London Securities and Derivatives Exchange (OMLX) |
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The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) |
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The Mid America Commodity Exchange (MIDAM) |
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The Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) |
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The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) |
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The New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX) |
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The Coffee, Sugar and Cocoa Exchange (CSCE) |
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The New York Cotton Exchange (NYCE) |
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The Philadelphia Stock Exchange (PHLX) |
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The Kansas City Board of Trade (KCBOT) |
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The Minneapolis Grain Exchange (MGE) |
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Marche a Terme International de France (MATIF) |
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Deutsche Terminborse (DTB) |
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The Winnipeg Commodity Exchange (WCE) |
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Bolsa de Mercadorias & Futuros (BM&F) |
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The Sydney Futures Exchange (SFE) |
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The New Zealand Futures and Options Exchange (NZFOE) |
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Japanese futures exchanges |
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The Singapore International Monetary Exchange (SIMEX) |
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The Hong Kong Futures Exchange (HKFE) |
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Other Far Eastern exchanges |
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The former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe |
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4 Using exchange-traded futures and options |
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OTC interest rate and foreign exchange products |
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Risk management of OTC derivatives |
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The professional managers |
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The Commodity Pool Operator (CPO or manager of managers) |
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Managed futures information |
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Managed futures terminology |
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The Elliott Wave and Quantum theories |
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Other technical indicators |
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| Part 2: Regulation and management |
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Examples of fraudulent trading |
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9 Regulation and compliance |
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The United States of America |
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10 Training and education |
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Registered Representative examination |
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Exchange training programmes for floor traders |
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Additional courses and training |
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11 The taxation of futures and options |
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129 | (4) |
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| Part 3: The future |
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137 | (7) |
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European Monetary Union (EMU) |
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139 | (1) |
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Exchange-traded versus OTC products |
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142 | (1) |
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Education, regulation and clearing |
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142 | (2) |
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144 | (5) |
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| Appendix A Contract specifications |
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| Appendix B Exchange addresses |
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| Appendix C Glossary of terms |
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186 | (8) |
| Appendix D Abbreviations |
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194 | (3) |
| Appendix E Some exotic options |
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197 | (4) |
| Index |
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| Contributors |
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vii | (2) |
| Abbreviations |
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| Introduction |
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| Part One: The Bible and Culture: Ancient Perspectives |
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1. Greek Culture and the Question of Natural Theology |
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5 | (15) |
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2. The Tension Between Revelation and Natural Theology |
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20 | (6) |
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3. Lucian on Conversion: Remarks on Lucian's Dialogue Nigrinos |
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26 | (23) |
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4. Conversion in Early Christianity |
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49 | (10) |
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5. Towards Plato and Paul: The "Inner" Human Being |
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59 | (24) |
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6. Inner and Outer Selves in Harmony |
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83 | (5) |
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7. Seneca's Collection of Epistles: A Medium of Philosophical Communication |
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Hildegard Cancik-Lindemaier |
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110 | (12) |
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9. The Matthean Trajectory from Q to Mark |
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122 | (33) |
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10. Literary History and Cultural History |
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155 | (5) |
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11. Jesus and Heracles in Cadiz (XXX): Death, Myth, and Monsters at the "Straits of Gibraltar" (Mark 4:35-5:43) |
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12. Jesus and the Romans in Galilee: Jews and Gentiles in the Decapolis |
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230 | (22) |
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| Part Two: The Bible and Culture: Modern Perspectives |
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252 | (145) |
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13. A Case Study of Scripture and Culture: Apocalypticism as Cultural Identity in Past and Present |
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252 | (28) |
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14. Cross-Cultural Reflections on Apocalypticism |
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280 | (5) |
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15. Beatitudes and Their Illocutionary Functions |
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285 | (59) |
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16. Beatitudes and Mysteries |
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344 | (13) |
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17. Conversion and Culture: A Comparative Study of the Conversions of Paul and Two Twentieth-Century African Christians |
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357 | (34) |
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18. Conversion as a Native Category |
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391 | (6) |
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| Bibliography |
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| Index of Ancient Sources |
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| Index of Modern Authors |
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