Dr. Chance Bonar
@chancebonar.bsky.social
Advisor, teacher, and writer
Researching ancient Christianity, slavery, authorship, antisemitism, and the literature of the ancient Mashriq
Cat dad | 🏳️🌈
http://chancebonar.com
Books: https://bit.ly/3R8LXbo & https://bit.ly/4iMBSwy
Researching ancient Christianity, slavery, authorship, antisemitism, and the literature of the ancient Mashriq
Cat dad | 🏳️🌈
http://chancebonar.com
Books: https://bit.ly/3R8LXbo & https://bit.ly/4iMBSwy
Grateful to see God, Slavery, and Early Christianity on display at the CUP booth at #aarsbl25!
The display copy is 75% off (~$30), and is otherwise 30% off during the conference
The display copy is 75% off (~$30), and is otherwise 30% off during the conference
November 22, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Grateful to see God, Slavery, and Early Christianity on display at the CUP booth at #aarsbl25!
The display copy is 75% off (~$30), and is otherwise 30% off during the conference
The display copy is 75% off (~$30), and is otherwise 30% off during the conference
It’s quite a line-up of Italian late antiquity scholar stars!
November 19, 2025 at 4:28 PM
It’s quite a line-up of Italian late antiquity scholar stars!
Zooming into the Associazione Internazionale di Studi Tardoantichi award ceremony today!
Alas, traveling out to Naples to receive a medal of merit for the dissertation and continued research on the Shepherd of Hermas wasn’t possible
Alas, traveling out to Naples to receive a medal of merit for the dissertation and continued research on the Shepherd of Hermas wasn’t possible
November 19, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Zooming into the Associazione Internazionale di Studi Tardoantichi award ceremony today!
Alas, traveling out to Naples to receive a medal of merit for the dissertation and continued research on the Shepherd of Hermas wasn’t possible
Alas, traveling out to Naples to receive a medal of merit for the dissertation and continued research on the Shepherd of Hermas wasn’t possible
Printing out my AAR/SBL talks ahead of time
November 19, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Printing out my AAR/SBL talks ahead of time
Is anyone in the market for a Latin manuscript couch
November 15, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Is anyone in the market for a Latin manuscript couch
Religion and Slave Revolts in the Roman Mediterranean is under contract with the @uwiscpress.bsky.social!
Looking forward to sharing thoughts on the roles of religious cultures in catalyzing & suppressing slave revolts + how Roman writers selectively characterized the religiosity of the enslaved.
Looking forward to sharing thoughts on the roles of religious cultures in catalyzing & suppressing slave revolts + how Roman writers selectively characterized the religiosity of the enslaved.
November 14, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Religion and Slave Revolts in the Roman Mediterranean is under contract with the @uwiscpress.bsky.social!
Looking forward to sharing thoughts on the roles of religious cultures in catalyzing & suppressing slave revolts + how Roman writers selectively characterized the religiosity of the enslaved.
Looking forward to sharing thoughts on the roles of religious cultures in catalyzing & suppressing slave revolts + how Roman writers selectively characterized the religiosity of the enslaved.
Grateful for getting Writing, Enslavement, and Power in the mail today!
I’m looking forward to having more time to read through the other contributors’ chapters on the centrality of slavery to Roman literary culture
I’m looking forward to having more time to read through the other contributors’ chapters on the centrality of slavery to Roman literary culture
November 1, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Grateful for getting Writing, Enslavement, and Power in the mail today!
I’m looking forward to having more time to read through the other contributors’ chapters on the centrality of slavery to Roman literary culture
I’m looking forward to having more time to read through the other contributors’ chapters on the centrality of slavery to Roman literary culture
Final reminder to submit an abstract by tomorrow for our apocryphal Christian literature conference at UVA this spring! Come join us!
www.nasscal.com/meetings/
www.nasscal.com/meetings/
October 31, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Final reminder to submit an abstract by tomorrow for our apocryphal Christian literature conference at UVA this spring! Come join us!
www.nasscal.com/meetings/
www.nasscal.com/meetings/
If you’re free tomorrow at 8am US Eastern / 1pm CET, come talk with me about the Byzantine apocryphal reception of Onesimus!
genaut.univie.ac.at?page_id=671&...
genaut.univie.ac.at?page_id=671&...
October 27, 2025 at 4:40 PM
If you’re free tomorrow at 8am US Eastern / 1pm CET, come talk with me about the Byzantine apocryphal reception of Onesimus!
genaut.univie.ac.at?page_id=671&...
genaut.univie.ac.at?page_id=671&...
Wait one more to add to this
October 27, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Wait one more to add to this
Obsessed with my elderly neighbor who has been feeding two stray cats living under her car in the gutter, and now giving them a little house for the winter 🥺
October 24, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Obsessed with my elderly neighbor who has been feeding two stray cats living under her car in the gutter, and now giving them a little house for the winter 🥺
Grateful to @jamarchal.bsky.social for sending a physical copy of my contribution to QTR: a polyqueer analysis of Tertullian!
October 19, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Grateful to @jamarchal.bsky.social for sending a physical copy of my contribution to QTR: a polyqueer analysis of Tertullian!
God, Slavery, and Early Christianity is out in the real world with @universitypress.cambridge.org!
I have some extra, so retweet this by the end of Oct. 19 if you’re interested in receiving a copy!
Book info here: www.cambridge.org/core/books/g...
I have some extra, so retweet this by the end of Oct. 19 if you’re interested in receiving a copy!
Book info here: www.cambridge.org/core/books/g...
October 15, 2025 at 10:28 PM
God, Slavery, and Early Christianity is out in the real world with @universitypress.cambridge.org!
I have some extra, so retweet this by the end of Oct. 19 if you’re interested in receiving a copy!
Book info here: www.cambridge.org/core/books/g...
I have some extra, so retweet this by the end of Oct. 19 if you’re interested in receiving a copy!
Book info here: www.cambridge.org/core/books/g...
ψυχή at the office
October 15, 2025 at 12:18 AM
ψυχή at the office
This is such an important piece on the deliberate and systematic targeting of knowledge systems and knowledge producers
October 10, 2025 at 2:58 AM
This is such an important piece on the deliberate and systematic targeting of knowledge systems and knowledge producers
Curriculum Inquiry published a new open access article on scholasticide in Gaza & Palestinian higher ed before and during genocide
doi.org/10.1080/0362...
doi.org/10.1080/0362...
October 10, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Curriculum Inquiry published a new open access article on scholasticide in Gaza & Palestinian higher ed before and during genocide
doi.org/10.1080/0362...
doi.org/10.1080/0362...
I already had the Gen Z mullet in 1995, beating the trend by decades
October 8, 2025 at 3:32 AM
I already had the Gen Z mullet in 1995, beating the trend by decades
A family member found and digitized old ole videos from my childhood, so I’ve been crying for the last hour watching myself play in the snow
October 8, 2025 at 3:29 AM
A family member found and digitized old ole videos from my childhood, so I’ve been crying for the last hour watching myself play in the snow
For those going to AAR/SBL in Boston next month, come join us to talk about @cbzeichmann.bsky.social’s Radical Antiquity!
October 8, 2025 at 12:05 AM
For those going to AAR/SBL in Boston next month, come join us to talk about @cbzeichmann.bsky.social’s Radical Antiquity!
Stumbled today onto UVA’s initial (and horribly failed) attempt to memorialize the enslaved persons forced to build and work at the university
October 6, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Stumbled today onto UVA’s initial (and horribly failed) attempt to memorialize the enslaved persons forced to build and work at the university