Incredible spans of social, military and political history cover the saga of the building of King Solomon's Temple and its subsequent spoliation and destruction at various times of its historical existence.
Craft and Royal Arch Freemasons, particularly the latter, have an awareness of the circumstances relating to the creation and destruction of the Holy Temple.
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Much of this paper was assisted by the valuable references contained in:
Josephus - The Complete Works, Kregel Publications, 1978.
The Encyclopedia Brittanica. Various references.
Atlas of the Bible - Readers' Digest, 1981.
The MacMillan Bible Atlas, Third Edition, Aharoni, Y, Avi-Yonah, MRainey, A. F. and S. Zeev, MacMillan 1993.
Who's Who in the Bible, 1994, Readers' Digest. An indispensable aid!
The Mustrated Reference Book of Ancient History, 1982, Windward.
A Bible Concordance (take your pick - indispensable).
And of course, the holy books Holy Bible, and the Koran.
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