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"[Seth's children] were the inventors of that peculiar sort of wisdom, which is concerned with the heavenly bodies, and their order. And that their inventions might not be lost before they were sufficiently known, upon Adam’s prediction that the world was to be destroyed at one time by the force of fire, and at another time by the violence and quantity of water, they made two pillars: the one of brick, the other of stone: they inscribed their discoveries on them both: that in case the pillar of brick should be destroyed by the flood, the pillar of stone might remain, and exhibit those discoveries to mankind"
-- Flavius Josephus of the Antiquities of the Jews
Solomon's Temple, Jerusalem
Solomon's Temple, Jerusalem
1 Kings 7:21 - "And he set up the pillars in the porch of the temple: and he set up the right pillar, and called the name thereof Jachin: and he set up the left pillar, and called the name thereof Boaz."
So, why do we care... because these Pillars show up in other locations
So, why do we care... because these Pillars show up in other locations
Piazza San Marcos, Venice
Piazza San Marcos, Venice
Rossyln Chapel, Scotland
Rossyln Chapel, Scotland
Rosslyn Chapel, a fifteenth-century church in the village of Roslin, is famous for its Masonic architecture and symbolism, the chapel's roof is supported by thirteen columns, the most famous of which is the Apprentice Pillar
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