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Epiphanius: where does he describe Indians as the descendants of Abraham and Keturah?

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The Austrian Carmelite Paulinus a Sancto Bartholomaeo in his book _"Darstellung der Brahmanisch-Indischen Götterlehre, Religionsgebräuche und bürgerliche Verfassung "_ (1797) states that Epiphanius was the first writer to link the Brahmins of India with the children of Abraham and his concubine Keturah (Genesis 25:1-4; 1 Chronicles 1:32-33), an identification later appearing in the _Zohar_ (13th century), Guillaime Postel (16th century), and Manasseh ben Israel (17th century) (as well as Newton, Voltaire and others). I have been unable to locate his source in Epiphanius' (or in other patristic) writings. Does anyone know where Epiphanius says this?
Asked by Meir Illumination (793 rep)
Dec 30, 2015, 07:01 AM
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