The devil tempts Christ in the rocky and uninhabited wilderness between Jerusalem and Jericho &mdash
The devil tempts Christ in the rocky and uninhabited wilderness between Jerusalem and Jericho —the desert was then seen as outside the bounds of society and as the home of demons such as Azazel [עֲזָאזֵל-‛ăzâ'zêl: the scapegoat; from a primitive root: אָזַל-‘âzal: to go away, hence to disappear: fail, gad about, go to and fro; Leviticus 16:10]Woodcut by Georg Pencz ~ ca.1550 Louvre • via Bibliothèque Infernale on FB -- source link