Cleodemus Malchus

200 BCE) 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 (the town of Aphra), Asoureim (the Assyrians), and Iaphran (Africa).

[1] His work appears cited in a quote from Alexander Polyhistor referenced by Josephus in Antiquities of the Jews[2] 1.239-41.

[3] According to Robert Doran, "the two texts show minor variations.

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