For More on M. R. James, his work on biblical apocrypha and pseudepigrapha, and his excellent ghost stories, see here and links (cf. here and here). For many PaleoJudaica posts on Lilith in the Bible and in legend, see here and links and here. For the case that the Lilith of Isaiah 34 was a cat, see here.
Professor Jenkins also has a follow-up post on bizzare Bible translations of animal names: Dragons, Jackals, and Bible Translators.
While we're on the subject, let's not forget the unicorn.
The Septuagint, the Latin Vulgate, and the King James Bible have provided readers with a nice menagerie of monsters.
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