Stephen Gabriel Rosenberg has written an “Archaeology in Israel Update—October 2010,” posted now at The Bible and Interpretation. The update focuses on three items: the 20th anniversary of the Israel Antiquities Authority, the mosaic floor at Tel Shikmona, and the passing of Ehud Netzer.
Ehud Netzer is also the focus of the latest two broadcasts of The Book and the Spade.
I was disappointed to see this morning that the Jerusalem Post has erected a pay wall for some of their content, including the weekend magazine and the “Christian Edition.”
Dear reader,
The Jerusalem Post is pleased to introduce its Premium Content, featuring online editions of the daily "Jerusalem Post" electronic paper, "The Jerusalem Report," our youth magazine "Dash", The Jerusalem Post’s "Christian Edition" and our easy-Hebrew magazine "Ivrit" and more (click for more details). This service is available exclusively by subscription, for US$8 per month.
As an introductory offer, if you register now you will get free access to these products for the first week of use.
Though the pay model was widely considered a failure in online journalism some years ago, a few news organizations are trying to revive it. I doubt that many will consider the paid content in the Jerusalem Post worth $8 per month, especially as most would be interested in only one of the “editions.” Perhaps the content will improve and more will be attracted to it. Another approach that I believe would work better is the use of “micropayments” to view individual articles. Fortunately, it appears that previous articles can still be accessed from links in this blog.
