Old Testament Wisdom

by Manly P. Hall

The pageantry and beauty of the Old Testament is presented in this book which provides keys to Bible interpretation. Illustrated with many unusual vignettes from rare manuscripts, the areas discussed include the descent of the Holy Scriptures; Moses, the lawgiver of Israel; the five books of Moses; and the story of creation.

312 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1957

About the author

Canadian born, Manly Palmer Hall is the author of over 150 published works, the best known of which are Initiates of the Flame, The Story of Healing, The Divine Art,Aliens Magick and Sorcery The Secret Teachings of All Ages, and An Encyclopedic Outline of Masonic, Hermetic, Qabbalistic Rosicrucian Symbolical Philosophy.
He was also the author of a masonic curiosity, The Lost Keys of Freemasonry in 1923, more than thirty years before he joined a lodge. The preface of later editions states "At the time I wrote this slender volume, I had just passed my twenty-first birthday, and my only contact with Freemasonry was through a few books commonly available to the public." Later, in 1944, he wrote The Secret Destiny of America which popularized the myth of a masonic purpose for the founding of the USA. In 1950 he weighed in again on the meaning of Freemasonry with his booklet: Masonic Orders of Fraternity.
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Initiated: June 28, 1954
Passed: September 20, 1954
Raised November 22, 1954
Jewel Lodge No. 374
Source: Grand Lodge of California records ; William R. Denslow, 10,000 Famous Freemasons, vol. ii. Trenton, MO. : Missouri Lodge of Research / Educational Bureau, Royal Arch Mason Magazine, 1958. p. 165.

Reviews

[Murray · Rating 4 out of 5]

One of Manley Hall's great body of mystical and philosophical works. It does indeed provide interesting keys to understanding some of the themes in the bible in a way that goes well beyond the lieral, to the spiritual and symbolic.