In the Bible Lilith is mentioned only once in Isaiah 34 which enumerates the fierce denizens of the desert wilderness: hyenas, goats, demons and the “lilith.” The Isaiah passage lacks specifically describing Lilith, but it locates her in desolate places. English translators of the Bible sometimes lack the knowledge of Babylonian demonology but in the King James rendition of the Bible, “lilith is translated as “screech owl” often alluding to the demon’s night flights in search of prey, recalling the ominous bird-like qualities of the Babylonian she-demon.

  The Revised Standard Version tags her “the night hag” instead of Lilith while the 1917 Jewish Publication Society’s Holy Scriptures call her “the night monster”. The Hebrew text’s best translations employ the word “Lilith” in the Isaiah passage, but other versions are true to her ancient image as a bird, night creature....