Jewish Tradition
Major sources in Jewish tradition regarding Lilith in chronological order include:
- c. 40–10BCE Dead Sea Scrolls – Songs for a Sage (4Q510-511)
- c.200 Mishnah – not mentioned
- c.500 Gemara of the Talmud
- c.800 The Alphabet of Ben-Sira
- c.900 Midrash Abkir
- c.1260 Treatise on the Left Emanation, Spain
- c.1280 Zohar, Spain.
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