Background
He was born in Alsace, France in 1482.
reformer theologian translator
He was born in Alsace, France in 1482.
He was educated at Basel, where after a course in medicine he turned to the study of theology.
The change of his profession was due to the influence of Zwingli whose colleague at Zurich Jud became after serving for four years (1518 - 1522) as pastor of Einsiedeln.
His chief activity was as a translator; he was the leading spirit in the translation of the Zurich Bible and also made a Latin version of the Old Testament.