Cleodemus Malchus
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Cleodemus Malchus
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Cleodemus Malchus was a Jewish writer of whom only a few lines survive. He connects the inhabitants of Syria and North Africa with Abraham by identifying them as descendants of three sons whom Abraham had by Keturah: Apheran, Asoureim, and Iaphran (Africa). His work appears cited in a quote from Alexander Polyhistor referenced by Josephus in Antiquities of the Jews 1.239-41. Josephus was cited by Eusebius in his Praeparatio Evangelica 9.20-2.4. According to Robert Doran, "the two texts show mino
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Ancient Jewish scholar
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