Masonry was founded by King Herod Agrippa with other 8 Jewish Founders in 43 A.D.

According to a Jew named G.S.Lawrence, who claimed to be in possession of a Hebrew copy of the true history of Masonry, its origin is almost 2000 years old, going back to King Herod Agrippa, an Edomite Jew and grandson of King Herod the Great.

"It was founded by King Herod Agrippa at the suggestion of Hiram Abiud, with the consent of Moab Levy, Adoniram, Johanan, Jacob Abdon, Antipas, Solomon Aberon, and Ashad Abia in the year 43 A.D. The original name of the ideology was the "Mysterious Force". All its founders belonged to Judaism."