Bartholomäus Scultetus

Bartholomäus Scultetus (born Barthel Schulze; 14 May 1540, Görlitz – 21 June 1614, Görlitz) was a mayor of Görlitz,

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, cartographer and

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of biblical chronologies. He knew

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and was visited by Johannes Kepler. He conferred with Rabbi Loew, the famous

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