Johaben: Diary of a Temple Builder (Vol. 1)

Johaben: Diary of a Temple Builder , Zé Rodrix's debut book, is a historical novel that focuses on the Temple of Yahweh in Jerusalem, whose construction became an essential symbol of all Western esotericism.

Joab, the orphaned son of a Phoenician soldier, without understanding why he is raised by his uncle Jubal, the lame man, to an enviable position among the merchants of Tyre.

Searching for a god he can call his own, he finds himself trapped in an artificially created destiny, and ends up finding his only refuge in the city of Jerusalem, where he works as a laborer on the construction of Solomon's Temple.

Historical and biblical characters follow one another as the story progresses, in a narrative as adventurous as it is dense, delving deeply into the landscapes and souls of this piece of Humanity still without a defined direction.

Joab's search for meaning in his life is intertwined with the original structure of the Israelite people, during which we can experience the intimacy of King Solomon and learn the secret of the Stone, the seed of the brotherhoods of freemasons that have followed one another in the world from that moment on.

A new and rich vision of one of the most important moments in the history of Humanity gives at the same time a new importance, we follow the path of Joab in the discovery of everything that will make him, in addition to knowing the secret of the Stone, a true man.