In The Gospels in First Century Judaea experts of Greco-Roman Judaism employ their expertise to offer fresh and innovative interpretations of gospel texts. Each study examines closely a passage from one of the four canonical gospels in order to shed light on it from various pertinent subject areas (e.g., linguistics, archaeology, fine art). The studies presented in this volume follow on the heels of more than forty years of research into the Jewish backgrounds of the New Testament, with one innovative development, namely, reading and interpreting the gospels as accounts that originate in the first century Judaea and play a more integral role in the body of ancient Jewish literature.

""WHAT THE KLANG?"" Hey, who the heck invited these guys to HARBINGER WARS 2? With HARBINGER WARS 2 seizing America, Livewire has rendered the nation's power grid useless in a last-ditch attempt to shield her psiot allies. The people of Washington D.C. need someone to save them ? and so do Quantum and Woody! Now that the high-tech wristbands that keep their atoms stabilized have become nothing more than fashion accessories, the world's worst superhero team is going where no one has gone before... Into ""The Otherverse!"" Do not attempt to adjust your eyeballs because red-hot rising star Eliot Rahal (The Paybacks) and fan-favorite artist Francis Portela (FAITH) are taking things from zero to Weirdsville as Quantum and Woody tie into, outside of, and in between Valiant's seismic summer event!

ALL-NEW ARC! ALL-NEW JUMPING-ON POINT! """"THE BOOK OF REVELATIONS"""" ? PART ONE! Two thousand years in the future ? in the year 4001 A.D. ? the man once known as Ray Garrison is no more?but the microscopic nanites inside him live on. Enter Bloodshot 4001 ? a strange, gunslinging echo of Bloodshot?s mind, body, and soul that is now more machine than man. But when our century?s Bloodshot finds himself delivered to the dawn of the 41st century with one last mission to fulfill, two Valiant legends will finally come face to face?just as the secret revelation that binds them together across the ages will forever reshape Bloodshot?s place at the center of the Valiant Universe! From superstar writer Jeff Lemire (The Terrifics, Black Hammer) and artistic powerhouse Doug Braithwaite (X-O MANOWAR, Journey into Mystery), Valiant's Eisner Award-nominated superhero saga goes back to the far, far future for the ultimate meeting of man and machine at the crossroads of tomorrow and today!

All hands on deck! Divided but not yet conquered, Livewire and the Harbinger Renegades are making their last stand for the fate of their fellow psiots! Targeted by X-O Manowar and the governmental forces of the H.A.R.D. Corps, the most powerful players behind the cataclysmic conflict that has torn America asunder are about to converge in a violent conflict where the ultimate fate of the Valiant Universe will be decided... And Ninjak and Bloodshot are about to get a crucial new role in the heart of it all! From coast to coast, New York Times best-selling writer Matt Kindt (X-O MANOWAR, DIVINITY) and superstar artist Tom?s Giorello (X-O MANOWAR, NINJA-K) are about to unleash a sonic boom of seismic consequences as Valiant's spectacular summer event rages forward!

And so...the unstoppable X-O Manowar enters the fray! From East to West, the nation has been cleaved down the middle as Livewire's defensive attack on the U.S. power grid envelops America in darkness and sets the stage for the biggest clash of powers ever witnessed... On one side, Peter Stanchek?s ragtag team of Renegades ? alongside their newly activated army of untrained and wildly unstable psiots ? ready themselves for an unsparing firefight with H.A.R.D. Corps and the agents of Omen. On the other, Ninjak and Bloodshot prepare to enter Livewire's domain inside blacked-out Los Angeles. But as the casualties pile up and the losses mount on both sides, none of them will be ready to confront the full fury of raw power personified as X-O Manowar makes his long-awaited return after a year of self imposed exile among the stars...and delivers a single concussive strike that will send shockwaves across the whole of the Valiant Universe! The most powerful Valiant event attempted continues in full force with another seismic chapter as New York Times best-selling author Matt Kindt (X-O MANOWAR, Mind MGMT) and superstar artist Tom?s Giorello (X-O MANOWAR) unleash X-O Manowar on a world he thought he'd left behind...and fire off the next brutal volley in the coast-to-coast clash of comics icons that will leave no hero unscathed!

KING. POLITICIAN. WARRIOR. CONQUEROR. 1189. Richard the Lionheart's long-awaited goal comes true as he is crowned King of England. Setting his own kingdom in order, he prepares to embark on a gruelling crusade to reclaim Jerusalem. With him on every step of the journey is Ferdia, his loyal Irish follower. Together they travel from southern France to Italy, to the kingdom of Sicily and beyond. Finally poised to sail to the Holy Land, Richard finds a bitter two-year-long siege awaiting him. And with it, the iconic Saracen leader responsible for the loss of Jerusalem, Saladin. No one can agree who should fill the empty throne of the Kingdom of Jerusalem and Saladin's huge army shadows Richard's every move. Conditions are brutal, the temperatures boiling, and on the dusty field of Arsuf, the Lionheart and his soldiers face their ultimate test...

Reprint of the original, first published in 1875.