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Badiat al-Jin
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
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."
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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Badiat al-Jin'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/b/badiat-al-jin.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.