The Hiram Key: Pharaohs, Freemasonry, and the Discovery of the Secret Scrolls of Jesus
by Christopher Knight
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August 1st 2001
by Fair Winds Press
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Paperback, 400 pages
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1931412758
(isbn13: 9781931412759)
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The Hiram Key is a book that will shake the Christian world to its very roots. When Christopher Knight and Robert Lomas, both Masons, se...more
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Read in July, 2008
the authors are both masons and amateur historians who have done quite a bit of research. However, the more amazing the claim, the more proof is required. This book should have had at least 20 pages of bibliography of primary and secondary source material, along with an 'Additional reading" section if it wants to be taken seriously. There was no bibliography of any kind, and what references the authors make as the basis for their claims were done using footnotes throughout the text, without...more
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Read in January, 2007
Christopher Knight and Robert Lomas, both Masons, set out to find the origins of Freemasonry and ended up at Rosslyn.
An interesting study of the history of Freemasonry, but they allow their speculations to get more than a bit wild.
Nice pictures of the inside of the chapel though.
An interesting study of the history of Freemasonry, but they allow their speculations to get more than a bit wild.
Nice pictures of the inside of the chapel though.
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Easily the densest book I've ever read. The authors go to great lengths to establish the depth of their research, and at times it can completely obliterate the prose.
The basic theory of this work is that Jesus was a Freemason, at least of some sort, and that Masonry goes back at least that far. The authors claim that the "raising" of Lazarus was not actually bringing him back from the dead, but was an allegory akin to teh "raising" of a Master Mason.
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The basic theory of this work is that Jesus was a Freemason, at least of some sort, and that Masonry goes back at least that far. The authors claim that the "raising" of Lazarus was not actually bringing him back from the dead, but was an allegory akin to teh "raising" of a Master Mason.
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Read in May, 2008
I started this book about 3 years ago when my husband got it as a Christmas present from his sister. The first three chapters are really captivating about the history of Freemasonry. But then it gets sketchy. I quote from chapter 13, page 267:
"Some years earlier, when we had first developed the theory that the Knights Templar had found something under the Temple ruins, we had stared backwards to a gulf of over a thousand years wondering what might have been placed there to find. Now we ha...more
"Some years earlier, when we had first developed the theory that the Knights Templar had found something under the Temple ruins, we had stared backwards to a gulf of over a thousand years wondering what might have been placed there to find. Now we ha...more
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Read in June, 2008
To be honest, I read much but not all of this book. This book appears to be poorly researched although the authors often say that "they read this or they discovered that" yet never actually cite the sources of any of these "major discoveries". There may be those out there that will say that the authors cite several sources however those that are cited only reinforce minor premises in the book. Couple with this the fact that many so called discoveries are mere conjecture and o...more
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Read in July, 2006
All of Lomas and Knight's books are excellent. They give you a hypothesis, they expound upon it and they leave the decision to believe it or not up to you.
I learned a lot about ancient history just in the this book. I highly recommend this book to anyone curious about the past and how what happened back then may have manifested itself through the ages.
I learned a lot about ancient history just in the this book. I highly recommend this book to anyone curious about the past and how what happened back then may have manifested itself through the ages.
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Read in January, 2007
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One of the very very few books that changed everything in my life and turned my view on religion, god and the prophets upside down for ever........
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This book will blow your mind. One of the best biblical conspiracy books ever written...load of crap? Probably...True? Possibly...
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Well, It's entertaining, but Not scholarly. It's fun and gives you a good "what if" perspective, though.
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Fabulous. It's amazing how you can see things in a whole new light.
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The writing is dry and not very good. Nevertheless, I still enjoyed it.
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Read in January, 2003
insightful and in a few occasions quite convincing, but fairly one-sided.
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Read in November, 2001
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better read than da vinci code...
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