Hiram Abif
Hiram Abif or Hiram Abiff was the architect of the temple of King Solomon in Jerusalem according to an allegory of the Freemasons .
history
The historic Temple of Solomon was built around 988 BC. . AD on the Temple Mount built. The Bible reports that King Hiram I sent building materials and men to build the temple.
2. Book of Chronicles 2 refers to a formal request from Solomon to King Hiram I of Tire for workers and materials; King Hiram replies by sending Hiram-Abi, “the son of a woman from the daughters of Dan . And his father was a tyrant. "
The phrase "my father Huram" is Huram avi in Hebrew ; from which the origin of the legendary figure Hiram Abif could be explained.
Hiram Abif is also called the widow's son by Freemasons .
According to the Masonic allegory, Hiram Abif was murdered by three journeymen who attacked him to find out the secret that this builder was carrying with him. The secret is said to have never been revealed: According to legend, Hiram Abif's body was hidden outside the city walls, where it remained until King Solomon found him and buried him.
Hiram Abif's death is remembered in various Masonic rituals. Historically, the Hiram legend, which appears in the third degree of Freemasonry, is also documented in the Futuwwa leagues (see Men's Association ), where instead of Hiram Ali appears "the caliph", who was slain by some Kharijites and which is a reflection of a historical event and is a key point in the ritual of the Ismaili brotherhoods. The oldest verifiable branch of the Islamic male associations is the "al-Banna", the order of the builders (the Arabic word for bricklayer is also "banna"). The founder of the "al-Banna" order, which emerged in the vicinity of the Sunnis , was Maaruf Karkhi († 815), who was revered by his relatives as King Solomon .
literature
- Jos. Schauberg: Comparative manual of the symbolism of Freemasonry with special regard to the mythologies and mysteries of antiquity , Zurich 1861, page 215 ff.
- Muhammad S. Abdullah: Masonic Traces in Islam , in: Quatuor Coronati , Yearbook 1980 (Bayreuth), No. 17; Pp. 117-135
- Domenico V. Ripa Montesano, Vademecum di Loggia, Edizione Gran Loggia Phoenix - Roma Italia 2009 ISBN 978-88-905059-0-4
- E. Desch: Master Hiram. Eleusis 33 Vol. 181 (1978)
- M. Pflanzl: Johannes and Hiram as mystery figures. Bauhütten Verlag, Frankfurt 1966, ISBN 3-870-50037-9
- Giovanni Grippo: The Solomon temple (in the course of 3000) GG Verlag, Oberursel 2010. ISBN 978-3981062267
- Idries Shah: The Sufis , London 1964; German The Sufis Message of the Dervishes - Wisdom of Magicians , Munich 1976, p. 312.
See also
Web links
- "The builder stands in the garden" in the web archive ( Memento from November 27, 2013 in the Internet Archive )