Lilith first came to be in the Babylonian Talmud.
Lilith ( [ ˈlɪlɪθ ] לִילִית Lîlîṯ ) is a figure in Jewish mythology , developed earliest in the Babylonian Talmud ( 3rd to 5th centuries ) . The character is generally thought to derive in part from a historically far earlier class of female demons ( lilītu ) in ancient Mesopotamian religion , found in cuneiform texts of Sumer , the Akkadian Empire , Assyria , and Babylonia . In the Dead Sea Scrolls 4Q510-511 , the term first occurs in a list of monsters .