Lilith - Jewish Tradition

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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