 He suffered imprisonment and then expulsion from Augsburg due to complaints from the Jewish community there and action by Charles V.

Anton Margaritha was a teacher of Hebrew at Augsburg, Meissen, Zell, Leipzig and from 1537 until his death at the University of Vienna.He published the "Psalms" and through in Hebrew in Leipzig (1533).He is best known for the 1530 book "Der gantze Jüdisch Glaub" ("The Whole Jewish Belief").