This post, dear reader, addresses those of you who use the iTanakh web index and find the search function useful. It costs me $249 per year (payable in one lump sum each May 15 or so) to keep a search feature on iTanakh—and this year, I don’t have it. So here’s the deal: if you think a search feature is worth having on iTanakh and you find it useful, please contribute a little funding to the cause by sending in a donation via PayPal. If you want to do this, please use the PayPal Donate button on the iTanakh site itself. When I receive enough donations that I can afford to renew the search service, I’ll do so right away. Otherwise, the search feature will go dormant on iTanakh until such time as I can either afford to pay the bill or find a new way to run searches. No other aspect of iTanakh will be affected by this.

What I really want is to convert the entire site to a PHP/SQL database. But I don’t have the know-how to do that just now, and I don’t really have time to learn at this juncture.

I apologize for running a week late in telling you that iTanakh added links in the following categories during October 2009:

Context > Social World
Languages
Languages > Hebrew > Literary Devices
Methods
Methods > Canonical Criticism
Methods > Textual Criticism
Texts > Dead Sea Scrolls
Texts > Septuagint > Tobit
Texts > Septuagint > The Books of the Maccabees
Texts > Tanakh
Texts > Tanakh > Torah/Pentateuch > Genesis
Texts > Tanakh > Torah/Pentateuch > Exodus
Texts > Tanakh > Torah/Pentateuch > Leviticus
Texts > Tanakh > Torah/Pentateuch > Numbers
Texts > Tanakh > Torah/Pentateuch > Deuteronomy
Texts > Tanakh > Former Prophets > Joshua
Texts > Tanakh > Former Prophets > Kings
Texts > Tanakh > Latter Prophets > Isaiah
Texts > Tanakh > Latter Prophets > Jeremiah
Texts > Tanakh > Latter Prophets > Ezekiel
Texts > Tanakh > Writings > Psalms
Texts > Tanakh > Writings > Job
Texts > Tanakh > Writings > Proverbs
Texts > Tanakh > Writings > Song of Songs
Texts > Tanakh > Writings > Daniel
Texts > Targums
Topics > Circumcision
Topics > Covenant
Topics > God
Topics > Law
Topics > Life
Topics > Messiah
Topics > Scripture

I apologize for the one-week delay in getting this notification out to you. Not only was I slow to post this update, but September was a slow month for iTanakh. In September 2009, iTanakh added links only in the following categories:

Methods > Theology

Texts > Tanakh > Torah/Pentateuch > Genesis

Texts > Tanakh > Torah/Pentateuch > Deuteronomy

Texts > Tanakh > Latter Prophets > Isaiah

Texts > Tanakh > Latter Prophets > Ezekiel

Topics > Biblical Canon

Topics > Natural Sciences

During June 2009, iTanakh added links in the following categories:

Archaeology

Archaeology > Artifacts

Archaeology > Inscriptions

Archaeology > Sites

Context > History > Israel, Judah, and Yehud

Context > History > Mesopotamia

Context > History > Persia

Context > History > Transeuphratene

Context > Religions > Levant

Context > Social World

Languages > Aramaic

Languages > Hebrew

Languages > Hebrew

Languages > Hebrew > Literary Devices

Languages > Hebrew > Terms

Languages > Ugaritic

Methods

Methods > Cultural Studies

Methods > Hermeneutics

Methods > Homiletics

Methods > Ritual Studies

Methods > Theology

Methods > Translation

Methods > Translation > Theory and Practice

Texts > Dead Sea Scrolls

Texts > Elephantine Papyri

Texts > Septuagint > Tobit

Texts > Septuagint > Judith

Texts > Septuagint > Daniel

Texts > Tanakh

Texts > Tanakh > Torah/Pentateuch > Genesis

Texts > Tanakh > Torah/Pentateuch > Exodus

Texts > Tanakh > Torah/Pentateuch > Numbers

Texts > Tanakh > Torah/Pentateuch > Leviticus

Texts > Tanakh > Torah/Pentateuch > Deuteronomy

Texts > Tanakh > Former Prophets/Deuteronomistic History

Texts > Tanakh >Former Prophets/Deuteronomistic History > Joshua

Texts > Tanakh >Former Prophets/Deuteronomistic History > Judges

Texts > Tanakh >Former Prophets/Deuteronomistic History > Samuel

Texts > Tanakh >Former Prophets/Deuteronomistic History > Kings

Texts > Tanakh > Latter Prophets > Isaiah

Texts > Tanakh > Latter Prophets > Jeremiah

Texts > Tanakh > Latter Prophets > Hosea

Texts > Tanakh > Latter Prophets > Jonah

Texts > Tanakh > Latter Prophets > Habakkuk

exts > Tanakh > Writings > Psalms

Texts > Tanakh > Writings > Job

Texts > Tanakh > Writings > Qoheleth/Ecclesiastes

Texts > Tanakh > Writings > Lamentations

Texts > Tanakh > Writings > Esther

Texts > Tanakh > Writings > Daniel

Texts > Tanakh > Writings > Ezra-Nehemiah

Texts > Tanakh > Writings > Chronicles

Texts > Targums

Topics > Biblical Canon

Topics > Death and Afterlife

Topics > Family

Topics > God

Topics > Prayer

Topics > Scripture

Topics > Violence

In May 2009, iTanakh added links in the following categories:

Archaeology > Sites
Context > History > Hatti
Context > History > Israel, Judah, and Yehud
Context > Religions
Context > Social World
Languages > Hebrew > Literary Devices
Methods > Historiography
Texts > Dead Sea Scrolls
Texts > Pseudepigrapha
Texts > Tanakh
Texts > Tanakh > Torah/Pentateuch
Texts > Tanakh > Torah/Pentateuch
Texts > Tanakh > Torah/Pentateuch > Genesis
Texts > Tanakh > Torah/Pentateuch > Exodus
Texts > Tanakh > Former Prophets > Joshua
Texts > Tanakh > Former Prophets > Samuel
Texts > Tanakh > Former Prophets > Kings
Texts > Tanakh > Writings > Psalms
Texts > Tanakh > Writings > Job
Texts > Tanakh > Writings > Chronicles

In April 2009, iTanakh added new listings in the following categories:

Archaeology > Inscriptions

Archaeology > Sites

Context > Religions

Context > Social World

Languages > Hebrew

Languages > Hebrew > Literary Devices

Texts

Texts > Dead Sea Scrolls

Texts > Septuagint

Texts > Tanakh

Texts > Tanakh > Torah/Pentateuch

Texts > Tanakh > Torah/Pentateuch > Genesis

Texts > Tanakh > Torah/Pentateuch > Deuteronomy

Texts > Tanakh > Former Prophets > Joshua

Texts > Tanakh > Former Prophets > Samuel

Texts > Tanakh > Former Prophets > Kings

Texts > Tanakh > Latter Prophets > Jeremiah

Texts > Tanakh > Latter Prophets > Amos

Texts > Tanakh > Latter Prophets > Jonah

Texts > Tanakh > Writings

Texts > Tanakh > Writings > Psalms

Texts > Tanakh > Writings > Job

Texts > Tanakh > Writings > Daniel

Texts > Tanakh > Writings > Ezra

Texts > Tanakh > Writings > Chronicles

Texts > Ugaritic/Ras Shamra Texts

Topics > Animals

Topics > Body

Topics > Ethics

Topics > Sacrifice

In February–March 2009, iTanakh added links in the following categories:

Context > Social World
Methods > Theology
Texts > Pseudepigrapha
Texts > Tanakh > Torah/Pentateuch > Genesis
Texts > Tanakh > Torah/Pentateuch > Numbers
Texts > Tanakh > Latter Prophets
Texts > Tanakh > Latter Prophets > Isaiah
Texts > Tanakh > Latter Prophets > Jeremiah
Texts > Tanakh > Latter Prophets > Ezekiel
Texts > Tanakh > Writings
Texts > Tanakh > Writings > Psalms
Texts > Tanakh > Writings > Job
Topics > Apocalyptic
Topics > Scripture
Topics > War

During November 2008, iTanakh added new links in the following categories:

Archaeology > Inscriptions
Archaeology > Sites
Context > History
Context > History > Israel, Judah, and Yehud
Context > Religions > Israel, Judah, and Judaism
Context > Social World
Languages > Hebrew
Languages > Hebrew > Pedagogy
Languages > Hebrew > Terms and Phrases
Methods > Historiography
Methods > Narrative Criticism/Narratology
Organizations > Associations
Texts > Dead Sea Scrolls
Texts > Mari
Texts > Septuagint
Texts > Septuagint > Maccabees
Texts > Tanakh
Texts > Tanakh > Torah/Pentateuch
Texts > Tanakh > Torah/Pentateuch > Genesis
Texts > Tanakh > Torah/Pentateuch > Exodus
Texts > Tanakh > Torah/Pentateuch > Leviticus
Texts > Tanakh > Torah/Pentateuch > Numbers
Texts > Tanakh > Torah/Pentateuch > Deuteronomy
Texts > Tanakh > Former Prophets > Joshua
Texts > Tanakh > Former Prophets > Judges
Texts > Tanakh > Former Prophets > Samuel
Texts > Tanakh > Former Prophets > Kings
Texts > Tanakh > Latter Prophets
Texts > Tanakh > Latter Prophets > Isaiah
Texts > Tanakh > Latter Prophets > Ezekiel
Texts > Tanakh > Latter Prophets > Micah
Texts > Tanakh > Latter Prophets > Zechariah
Texts > Tanakh > Writings > Psalms
Texts > Tanakh > Writings > Ruth
Texts > Tanakh > Writings > Lamentations
Texts > Tanakh > Writings > Ezra-Nehemiah
Texts > Tanakh > Writings > Chronicles
Topics > Creation
Topics > Gender
Topics > God
Topics > Land
Topics > Medicine
Topics > Messiah
Topics > Natural Sciences
Topics > Scripture
Topics > Violence

For those of you who use iTankah: should I continue to link to book reviews at iTanakh, or focus only on content articles? Indexing book reviews is a lot of work. Is there a lot of payoff? Please vote in the poll and/or leave a comment.

In September–October 2008, iTanakh added links in the following categories:

Context > Social World
Languages > Aramaic > Terms
Languages > Hebrew > Literary Devices
Languages > Hebrew > Terms
Methods > Anthropology
Methods > Historical-Critical Method
Methods > Historiography
Methods > Intertextuality
Scholars
Texts > Peshitta
Texts > Tanakh
Texts > Tanakh > Torah/Pentateuch
Texts > Tanakh > Torah/Pentateuch > Genesis
Texts > Tanakh > Torah/Pentateuch > Exodus
Texts > Tanakh > Torah/Pentateuch > Leviticus
Texts > Tanakh > Former Prophets > Samuel
Texts > Tanakh > Latter Prophets > Jeremiah
Texts > Tanakh > Latter Prophets > Ezekiel
Texts > Tanakh > Latter Prophets > Amos
Texts > Tanakh > Latter Prophets > Zephaniah
Texts > Tanakh > Latter Prophets > Haggai
Texts > Tanakh > Writings > Psalms
Texts > Tanakh > Writings > Proverbs
Texts > Tanakh > Writings > Qoheleth
Texts > Tanakh > Writings > Esther
Texts > Tanakh > Writings > Daniel
Texts > Tanakh > Writings > Ezra–Nehemiah
Texts > Ugaritic
Topics > Ecology
Topics > Family
Topics > Holiness
Topics > Natural Sciences
Topics > Sacrifice
Topics > Worship and Ritual