An Empty Middle School Dance Floor

The Tagged Tanakh soft launch coincided with Tu B’Shvat at the end of January 2010. It was a quiet affair with not much pomp and circumstance. We released the site a tad prematurely, but we were so excited to get people tagging. We wanted to release early and release often.

In one year’s time, the Tagged Tanakh (TT) went from prototype to its first full release. Sure we couldn’t include all the cool features we originally wanted to, but we had made something unique – an online relational database of the English translation of the Jewish Bible.

The TT allows users to contribute remarks and tags to words and verses in the Bible. Vetted content provided by scholars and JPS staff is available alongside ideas and questions contributed by general users. People can create feeds that follow specific topics of interests or follow feeds made by other people. Feel free to take a tour!

We hope that it’s more than just hype, we want the Tagged Tanakh to be useful.
We want to conserve and stimulate conversations around Torah.

However, in order for the Tagged Tanakh to be of value it must take advantage of the network effect. Right now the Tagged Tanakh is like a middle school dance just after the doors opened. We need some brave souls to cut a rug and inspire more folks to join the dance floor so we can get this party started.

Access to the Tagged Tanakh is free, but you do need a registration code.
If you’re interested in getting in on the action simply send an email to me at:

jwaldman@jewishpub.org
Subject: Tagged Tanakh Registration Code Request

Happy Tagging!