# The Jews — Beyond Good and Evil character guide

> The Jews in Beyond Good and Evil by Friedrich Nietzsche.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Jews, the Jews

**First appearance:** 0002-i-prejudices-of-philosophers

## Who they are

A people discussed in terms of history, psychology, and European culture.

## In the story

### [The Old Testament and the Scale of Man](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/beyond_good_and_evil_se/chapters/52)

Their Old Testament is presented as a work of divine justice and immense scale, a 'touchstone' for greatness that dwarfs European and modern sensibilities.

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

Addressed as the audience of Jesus's declaration, representing those bound by the 'law' he rejects.

### [V: The Natural History of Morals](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/beyond_good_and_evil_se/chapters/v-the-natural-history-of-morals)

Identified as the originators of the slave-insurrection in morals through an inversion of valuations, fusing 'rich,' 'godless,' and 'wicked' as reproaches.

### [The Jewish Inversion of Morals](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/beyond_good_and_evil_se/chapters/195)

Identified as the people who performed the 'miracle of the inversion of valuations,' initiating the slave-insurrection in morals by redefining terms like 'rich' as 'godless' and 'wicked.'

### [VIII: Peoples and Countries](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/beyond_good_and_evil_se/chapters/viii-peoples-and-countries)

Praised as the strongest, toughest, and purest race in Europe, possessing a resolute faith and strategic patience. Seen as a key future factor for Europe, though they seek assimilation, not supremacy.

### [Two Kinds of Geniuses](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/beyond_good_and_evil_se/chapters/248)

Identified as a nation of the generative, fructifying genius type, a cause of new modes of life.

### [What Europe Owes to the Jews](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/beyond_good_and_evil_se/chapters/250)

Credited with giving Europe a 'grand style in morality,' characterized by infinite demands, majesty, and moral questionableness, which colors the European cultural sky.

### [The European Problem and the Jewish Question](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/beyond_good_and_evil_se/chapters/251)

Praised as 'the strongest, toughest, and purest race' in Europe, possessing virtues like patience and a resolute faith. They are seen as a key, reliable factor for Europe's future, seeking assimilation rather than domination.

## Links

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