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The Wilderness of Sin/Desert of Sin ((ヘブライ語:מִדְבַּר סִין, ''Midbar Sin'')) is a geographic area mentioned by the Bible as lying between Elim and Mount Sinai. ''Sin'' does not refer to ''sinfulness'', but is an untranslated word that would translate as ''the moon''; biblical scholars suspect that the name ''Sin'' here refers to the semitic moon-deity ''Sin'',〔Cheyne and Black, ''Encyclopedia Biblica''〕〔''Jewish Encyclopedia''〕〔''Peake's commentary on the Bible''〕 who was worshipped widely around the entire periphery of pre-Islamic Arabia, the Levant, and Mesopotamia. The location the Bible refers to is unknown, as its determination relies heavily on the location of Mount Sinai. The traditional identification of Mount Sinai as Jabal Musa, one of the peaks at the southern tip of the Sinai peninsula, would imply that the ''wilderness of Sin'' was probably the narrow plain of el-Markha, which stretches along the eastern shore of the Red Sea for several miles toward the promontory of Ras Mohammed; however, most scholars have since rejected these traditional identifications. The more popular identification among modern scholars, of Sinai as al-Madhbah at Petra, would imply that the ''wilderness of Sin'' was roughly equatable with the central Arabah. The ''wilderness of Sin'' is mentioned by the Bible as being one of the places that the Israelites wandered during their Exodus;〔, 〕 the similarly named ''wilderness of Zin'' is also mentioned by the Bible as having been a location through which the Israelites travelled. The Bible identifies Kadesh-Barnea as having been located within the ''wilderness of Zin'', and most scholars, as well as traditional sources, consequently identify this wilderness as being part of the Arabah;〔 it is thus eminently possible that the ''wilderness of Sin'' and the ''wilderness of Zin'' are actually the same place. The biblical narrative states that on reaching the wilderness of Sin, the Israelites began to raise objections over the lack of food, as they had already consumed all the corn they had brought with them from Egypt. According to the account, Yahweh heard their murmurings, and so provided them with abundant ''manna'' and quail. Later they left the wilderness of Sin and complained about a lack of water while camping at Rephidim. ==Cultural references== *The Doors used the image of the Wilderness of Sin in their song ''Break on Through''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Wilderness of Sin」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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