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Walther, Michel (1)
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
or a Lutheran theologian of Germany, was born at Nuremberg, April 6, 1593. He studied, at first, medicine at Wittenberg; but afterwards he betook himself to the study of theology at Giessen and Jena. In the latter place he was appointed adjunct to the philosophical faculty. For a time he acted as court-preacher to the duchess of Brunswick and Lineburg, occupying at the same time a professorship at Helmstatdt. After the death of the duchess in 1626, he was appointed court-preacher and general superintendent at East-Friesland; in 1642 he-was called to Zelle, where he died, Feb. 9, 1662. He wrote, Harmonia Biblica: — Post'lla Mosaicca. Pophetica, liero- psalticua, Evangelistica: Comsm. in Epist. ad Hebraeos: — Introitus ad Psalterii Sacrarium: — Spicilegium Controversiarumu de Nominibus Jehovah, Elohim Agnus est Phase Tractatus de Unctione Christi. etc. See Freher, Theatrum Eruditorum; Hoffmann, Lexicon Universale; Acta Enkruditorum Latina; Jocher, Allgemeines Gelehrten Lexikon, s.v. (B. P.)
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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Walther, Michel (1)'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/w/walther-michel-1.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
