What is a jinn in the Jewish books?

That is applied, in general, to followers of Islam and Sufiism. Jews don't have a jinn equivalent. read more

The Arabic word, ‘Jinn’, has an analog in Hebrew ‘shedim’. The hebrew term only appears in Tanakh once - in Devarim chapter 32. The hebrew term has an etymology emerging from Akkadian Empire in Cuneiform, converted to paleo-Hebrew as Aramaic, then converted to Ktav Assir durring Assyrian conquest of Judean Commonwealth. read more

Voodoo, Black magic, Poltergeists, Witchcraft and Mediums can all be explained through the world of the Jinn. Likewise, so can the illusions and feats of magicians. Because the Jinn can traverse huge distances over a matter of seconds, their value to magicians is great. read more