To combat the mendacity being carelessly shared these days about the Templars, the Temple, and the Torah, the following literature and learning material is here recommended for your consideration.
QUESTION EVERYTHING.
Templar History Books
+ The Templars: The History & The Myth (Michael Haag)
+ The Tragedy of the Templars (Michael Haag)
+ The Templars: The Rise and Spectacular Fall of God's Holy Warriors (Dan Jones)
+ The Templars: The Secret History Revealed (Barbara Frale)
+ The Templars: The Legend and Legacy of the Warriors of God (Geordie Torr)
+ The Templars: Knights of God (Edward Burman)
+ The Knights Templar and Their Myth (Peter Partner)
Recommended Reading Material
Messianic / Sabbatarian Booklist
+ Time Is the Ally of Deceit (Richard Rives)
+ TOO LONG IN THE SUN By Richard Rives
+ Christianity Reconsidered (Warren L. Bowles)
+ THE HEBREW YESHUA VS. THE GREEK JESUS By Nehemia Gordon
+ A Prayer to Our Father (Nehemia Gordon & Keith Johnson)
+ The Return of the Kosher Pig (Rabbi Itzhak Shapira)
+ Constantine's Sword (James Carroll)
+ Our Hands Are Stained With Blood (Michael L. Brown)
+ WHY WE KEEP TORAH: Ten Persistent Questions By Tim Hegg
+ RESTORING THE JEWISHNESS OF THE GOSPEL By David Stern
+ Rabbi Teach Us To Pray (Aaron Eby)
+ My Big Fat Greek Mindset (Valerie Moody)
+The Misunderstood Jew: The Church & The Scandal of a Jewish Jesus (Amy-Jill Levine)
+ Not Under the Law: Paul and the Truth (Ken & Jodi Smith)
+ Walking in the Light Series ( Todd D. Bennett)
+ Misreading Scripture With Western Eyes (E. Randolph Richards & Brandon J. O'Brien)
+ Rabbi Akiba's Messiah (Daniel Gruber)
+ The Way of Life (Toby Janicki)
+ The Real Kosher Jesus (Michael Brown)
+ Christian Mythology (Phillipe Walter)
+ The Quartodeciman Controversy (Kelly McDonald Jr.)
+ Early Gentile Christianity and Its Hellenistic Background (Arthur Darby Nock)
On The Subject of War & Struggle (Both Physical and Spiritual)
+ The Art of War (Sun Tzu)
+ ON WAR By Carl Von Clausewitz
+ THE PRINCE By Niccolo Machiavelli
+ THE MAKING OF A NAVY SEAL By Brandon Webb
+ EMBRACE THE SUCK By Stephen Madden
+ AMERICAN SNIPER By Chris Kyle, Scott McEwen, & Jim DeFelice
+ NO EASY DAY By Mark Owen & Kevin Maurer
+ LONE SURVIVOR By Marcus Luttrell & Patrick Robinson
Christian Booklist
+ THE INVITATION: The Not So Simple Truth About Following Jesus
By Greg Siddurs
+ MY UTMOST FOR HIS HIGHEST
By Oswald Chambers
+ JESUS FREAKS: DC Talk & The Voice of the Martyrs
+ KNOWLEDGE OF THE HOLY
By A.W. Tozer
+ THE IMITATION OF CHRIST
By Thomas a Kempis
+ KNOWING GOD By J. I. Packer
+ THE BOOK OF MARTYRS
By John Foxx
+ JOAN OF ARC
By Mark Twain
+ WHO STOLE MY CHURCH?
By Gordon MacDonald
+ BETWEEN HEAVEN AND MIRTH By James Martin S. J.
+ THE PURSUIT OF GOD By A. W. Tozer
+ FRIENDLY FIRE By Mike Wornkey
+ EMBRACE ME By Lisa Samson
+ FOLLOWING FRANCIS By Susan Pitchford
+ WHAT’S SO AMAZING ABOUT GRACE? By Phillip Yancy
+ SOUL SURVIVOR By Phillip P. Yancy
+ KNOWING SCRIPTURE By R. C. Sproul
+ PILGRIM’S PROGRESS By John Bunyan
+ Awake & Alive to Truth (John L. Cooper)
Theology Books
+ EPISTEMOLOGY: Becoming Intellectually Virtuous
By William Jay Wood
+ HERMENEUTICS
By Henry Virkler & Karelynne Auayo
+ The Christian Book of WHY (John C. McCollister)
+ The Jewish Book of WHY (Alfred J. Kolatch)
+ The Second Jewish Book of WHY (Alfred J. Kolatch)
Christian & Quasi-Christian Fiction
+ SHADOW OF THE MOUNTAIN: Exodus
By Cliff Graham
+ DAY OF WAR
By Cliff Graham
+ COVENANT OF WAR By Cliff Graham
+ THE GREATEST SALESMAN IN THE WORLD By Og Mandino
+ THE GREATEST SALESMAN IN THE WORLD : Part 2 By Og Mandino
+ THE ALCHEMIST By Paulo Coelho
Secular Books About the Nature of the World
+ THE COUNT OF MONTE CHRISTO
By Alexandre Dumas
+ ALICE’S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND & THROUGH THE LOOKING-GLASS BY Lewis Carroll
JRRTolkien & CSLewis
(Tolkien)
+ On Fairy Stories
+ Leaf By Niggle
+ Mythopoeia
+The Hobbit
+The Lord of the Rings
- The Fellowship of the Ring
- The Two Towers
- The Return of the King
+The Silmarillion
+The Histories of Middle-Earth
(Lewis)
+ THE WEIGHT OF GLORY
+ TILL WE HAVE FACES
+ GOD IN THE DOCK
+ OUT IF THE SILENT PLANET
+ PERELANDRA
+ THAT HIDEOUS STRENGTH
+ A GRIEF OBSERVED
+ THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA
+ THE FOUR LOVES
+ THE PROBLEM OF PAIN
+ PILGRIM’S REGRESS
+ MERE CHRISTIANITY
+ THE GREAT DIVORCE
+ THE ABOLITION OF MAN
+ THE SCREWTAPE LETTERS
Apocryphal Works
+THE APOCRYPHA
+THE BOOK OF ENOCH
+ 1st Clement
+ 2nd Clement
+ Epistle of Polycarp
+The Shepherd of Hermas
+ The Didache (note: the Templars considered this work Canonical not Apocryphal)
Books That Shaped Christian Theology
+ THE TRAGEDY OF DR. FAUSTUS By Christopher Marlowe
+ THE DIVINE COMEDY By Dante Alighieri
+ PARADISE LOST By John Milton
+CONFESSIONS by Augustine
+ CITY OF GOD By Augustine
Myths That Influenced Christianity Over the Centuries
+ MYTHOLOGY: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes By Edith Hamilton
+ NORDIC GODS & HEROES By Pádraic Colum
+ The Myths of Greece and Rome (H.A. Guerber)
+ Celtic Myth and Legend (Charles Squire)
+ Babylonian Mythology (Don Nardo)
On Pagan Holidays
+ Christmas: Customs and Traditions (Clement A. Miles)
+ Pagan Christmas (Christian Ratch & Claudia Muller-Ebeling)
+The Real Story Behind Christmas, Easter, and Halloween (Vance Ferrell)
+ The Christmas Tree (Daniel J. Foley)
+The Christmas Star (John Mosley)
History Books
+ The Borgias and Their Enemies (Christopher Hibbert)
+ Joan of Arc: Heavenly Warrior (Tabatha Yeatts)
+ Defending Constantine (Peter J. Leithart)
+ Beyond the Myth: Joan The Story of Joan of Arc (Polly Schoyer Brooks)
+
Jewish Literature
* The Zohar
* The Tanya
* The Mishna
* The Thirteen Petalled Rose