Hiram Abiff
According to William Cooper · cited in 5 hrs · aka Hiram Abif, H. Abif, master builder
Where each worldview places it
The murdered master builder of Solomon's Temple and the central figure of the Masonic third degree
[1]. Cooper claims the legend really commemorates
Jacques de Molay[2], and an article Cooper reads on air makes him a symbolic
Osiris and a member of the
Dionysian Artificers[3].
- Controls / directs
symbol of Jacques de Molay[2]
- Answers to / controlled by
- —
- Lineage
Tyre; the legend of the nine
[4]; a Masonic "patron saint" and phone code, "H. Abif is calling"
[5] - Dates
- c. 1000 BC
- 1307 (implied, as de Molay)[6]
- Key events
- murdered by three masons for the master's word
- found 15 days later under an acacia (timeline)[3]
- Members / notable people
- —
- Author's claims
The legend misdirects blame onto the
Jews[2].