McClintock Biblical Encyclopedia: Badiat Al-Jin

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McClintock Biblical Encyclopedia: Badiat Al-Jin


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in Persian mythology, " the wilderness of the daemons." The spirits to whom God intrusted the rulership of the world are called in. They drew upon themselves his anger, and were banished to the wilderness (badiat). From jin we have Jinstan, "kingdom of the spirits."