Leo Jud

Leo Jud, (also Leo Juda, Leo Judä, Leo Judas, Leonis Judae, Ionnes Iuda, Leo Keller) (1482 - June 19, 1542), known to his contemporaries as Meister Leu, Swiss reformer, was born in Alsace.

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1482 - June 19 - 1542 - Alsace

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He was educated at Basel, where after a course in medicine he turned to the study of theology. This change was due to the influence of Huldrych Zwingli, whose colleague at Zürich Jud became after serving for four years (1518-1522) as pastor of Einsiedeln.

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Basel - Theology - Huldrych Zwingli - Einsiedeln

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His chief activity was as a translator; he was the leading spirit in the translation of the Zürich Bible and also made a Latin version of the Old Testament.

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Latin - Old Testament

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See Life by C Pestalozzi (1860); art, in Herzog-Hauck's Realencyklopädie, vol. ix. (1901).

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