# Jesus — Beyond Good and Evil character guide

> Jesus in Beyond Good and Evil by Friedrich Nietzsche.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Jesus

**First appearance:** 0048-iii-the-religious-mood

## Who they are

Founder of Christianity, analyzed as a psychological and historical figure.

## In the story

### [IV: Apophthegms and Interludes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/beyond_good_and_evil_se/chapters/iv-apophthegms-and-interludes)

Quoted in aphorism 164, distinguishing the law for servants from the love of God for 'Sons of God,' placing love beyond morality.

### [164](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/beyond_good_and_evil_se/chapters/164)

Presented as speaking directly to his followers, rejecting Mosaic law as servile and asserting an amoral, filial relationship with God.

### [The Psychologist's Burden](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/beyond_good_and_evil_se/chapters/269)

Presented in a psychological reinterpretation as a case of the 'martyrdom of knowledge about love'—an insatiable heart that invented hell for those who refused him love and ultimately a God of perfect love.

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