My thanks to Tyler Livingston for putting the following video together from my May 2011 Expound Symposium presentation.  The title of my paper was “Ascending into the Hill of the Lord: The Psalms as a Key to Understanding the Rituals of the First Temple.” Tyler has nicely worked in the power-point images from my presentation, so you don’t have to sit there for 44 minutes just watching me speak. Yes, I did say 44 minutes — and no, I’ve never been accused of being long-winded…

I share this video in memory of Matthew Brown, who was responsible for running the symposium. Many thanks also to Jeffrey Bradshaw for his feedback and helpful advice as I was preparing the paper.  I also benefited from having had the opportunity to present a version of this paper to the Biblical Studies Seminar at the University of St Andrews beforehand and appreciate all the helpful feedback received there from colleagues and faculty.