I am thrilled to announce our new book, 'The Illustrated Cairo Genizah', is officially published! You can now order a copy from the link in my bio and a human will mail it to you. You can also register for our upcoming launch event at Heffers Bookshop here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-illust...
Questions in the "debate" last night included "how will you enact mass deportation?" and "will you accept the results of a fair election?" and then everyone goes back to their networks and the discourse isn't "holy fucking shit, what the fuck" but "who popped?"
Planning out next semester's class on race and ethnicity in antiquity, & got approval this morning to cross-list it with the Department of Studies in Race, Colonialism, and Diaspora 🥳
The latest Pasts Imperfect is out! This week, @vox-magica.bsky.social@yaleclassicslib.bsky.socialpastsimperfect.substack.com/p/pasts-impe...
Ancient Heresiology and Project 2025, Cliff Monasteries, Drinking Tobacco, a Jewish Gladiator at Pompeii, and Much more.
NASSCAL First Friday in October! Our semester of Thecla continues with @jalollar.bsky.social and the Syriac tradition!
🚨Did you know the name Palestine has been used for over 3,000 years? The text on the statue👇even reads *Canaan in Palestine* Next time you hear the myth whereby Palestine is a Roman invention, feel free to reply w a link to #EOPalestine@chancebonar.bsky.socialtinyurl.com/4xtfv8ew
by Chance Bonar Cover picture: Statue of Padiiset (statue: ca. 1780-1700 BCE; inscription and relief: ca. 900-850 BCE). The inscription on the back reads "The only renowned one, the impartial envoy of...
Everyday Orientalism is starting to release its Ancient and Medieval Palestine primer, starting with my short piece on biblical archeology 🏺 everydayorientalism.wordpress.com/2024/09/16/t...
by Chance Bonar cover picture: St. Hilarion Monastery, Gaza The expression biblical archaeology refers to a specific branch of biblical studies and Levantine archaeology that has historically focused ...
Hello new followers! I’m currently a postdoc at Tufts and work on early Christian literature, ancient slavery, and a host of other topics. I’ll have a couple books coming out in the next year — keep an eye out for more here! chancebonar.hcommons.org
On hold with an insurance company, which felt like an ideal time to make a starter pack for ancient religion folks (sorry if I forgot someone!): go.bsky.app/9y592Bk
Byzantine Greek Studies position at Brown U.: "a scholar whose work centers languages & literatures of Eastern Roman Empire & has demonstrated competencies in one or more technical sub-disciplines, such as paleography & codicology, textual criticism, &/or epigraphy" apply.interfolio.com/153007