1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910457387003321

Autore

Parsons Mikeal Carl <1957->

Titolo

Body and character in Luke and Acts [[electronic resource] ] : the subversion of physiognomy in early Christianity / / Mikeal C. Parsons

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Waco, Tex., : Baylor University Press, c2011

ISBN

1-60258-443-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (193 p.)

Disciplina

226.4/06

Soggetti

Physiognomy - Biblical teaching

Physiognomy - Religious aspects - History of doctrines

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Previously published in 2006 by Baker Academic, a division of Baker Publishing Group ... Grand Rapids, MI."--T.p. verso.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Half Title Page, Title Page, Copyright, Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Soul and Body React on Each Other: Body and Character in Greek and Roman Literature; 2. The Movement of the Body Is a Voice of the Soul: Body and Character in Early Jewish and Christian Literature; 3. Your Eye Is the Lamp of Your Body: Luke and the Body-Soul Relationship; 4. Ought Not This Daughter of Abraham Be Set Free?: Getting the Story of the Bent Woman Straight; 5. Short in Stature, Son of Abraham: The Height of Hospitality in the Story of Zacchaeus

6. His Feet and Ankles Were Made Strong: Signs of Character in the Man Lame from Birth7. What Is to Prevent Me?: Ambiguity, Acceptance, and the Ethiopian Eunuch; Epilogue; Appendix. Illustrations from the ""Progymnasmata"" of Libanius; Abbreviations; Bibliography; Name Index; Index of Ancient Sources; Index of Greek Words; Subject Index; Back Cover

Sommario/riassunto

How the gospel writer and historian challenges ancient cultural conventions



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910786484703321

Autore

Dumitrescu Elena

Titolo

Commodity Prices and Exchange Rate Volatility : : Lessons from South Africa’s Capital Account Liberalization / / Elena Dumitrescu, Rabah Arezki, Andreas Freytag, Marc Quintyn

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2012

ISBN

1-4755-5956-9

1-4755-6350-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (20 p.)

Collana

IMF Working Papers

IMF working paper ; ; WP/12/168

Altri autori (Persone)

ArezkiRabah

FreytagAndreas

QuintynMarc

Soggetti

Prices

Foreign exchange rates - South Africa

Exports and Imports

Foreign Exchange

Macroeconomics

International Investment

Long-term Capital Movements

Current Account Adjustment

Short-term Capital Movements

Metals and Metal Products

Cement

Glass

Ceramics

Commodity Markets

Currency

Foreign exchange

International economics

Gold prices

Real exchange rates

Real effective exchange rates

Capital account liberalization

Commodity price fluctuations

Balance of payments

Gold

South Africa



Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Abstract; Contents; I. Introduction; II. The Literature; III. Empirical Strategy; A. Data; B. Time Series Properties and Econometric Techniques; IV. Main Results; V. Robustness; VI. Conclusion; References; Figures; Figure 1. Evolution of Gold Prices and South Africa Rand Real Exchange Rate; Figure 2. Volatility of Gold Prices and South Africa Rand Real Exchange Rate; Tables; Table 1 Johansen Cointegration Test Results on Pre-Capital Account Liberalization; Table 2 Johansen Cointegration Test Results on Post-Capital Account Liberalization

Table 3 Lagrange Multiplier Test for Residual AutocorelationTable 4 VECM Results for Pre-Capital Account Liberalization Sample; Table 5 Post-Capital Account Liberalization VECM Results; Table 6 Testing Weak Exogeneity

Sommario/riassunto

We examine the relationship between South African Rand and gold price volatility using monthly data for the period 1980-2010. Our main findings is that prior to capital account liberalization the causality runs from South African Rand to gold price volatility but the causality runs the other way around for the post-liberalization period. These findings suggest that gold price volatility plays a key role in explaining both the excessive exchange rate volatility and current disproportionate share of speculative (short-run) inflows that South Africa has been coping with since the opening up of its capital account.