La guerra de los jud\u00edos, tal vez la novelam\u00e1s c\u00e9lebre de Feuchtwanger y, dadas las circunstancias, la m\u00e1s directamentealusiva a los tiempos presentes, est\u00e1 basada en la vida del historiadorjudeo-romano Flavio Josefo, autor tambi\u00e9n \u00e9l de una Guerra de los jud\u00edos. Nacido en Jerusal\u00e9n, sacerdote descendientede reyes, Joseph hijo de Mat\u00edas recibi\u00f3 una educaci\u00f3n de rabino y frecuent\u00f3todas las sectas del juda\u00edsmo de entonces. Pero en lugar de hacerse doctor sehace embajador a Roma para interceder ante el emperador por la vida de unoscorreligionarios apresados. Y aqu\u00ed empieza esta novela apasionante. Poco a poco su fidelidad a susor\u00edgenes parece irse mellando pero, cuando estalla la guerra, recibe un cargode comandante jud\u00edo en Galilea. Derrotado, es hecho prisionero por los romanos,pasa a sus filas, adopta el nombre de Tito Flavio Josefo, asiste a la ca\u00edda deJerusal\u00e9n y presencia y describe la destrucci\u00f3n del Templo de Salom\u00f3n. A \u00e9ldebemos el \u00fanico relato completo de la guerra de 66-73 hasta la ca\u00edda deMasada, conocida s\u00f3lo gracias a Flavio Josefo. La obra de este jud\u00edoconsiderado traidor por los suyos pero que, en el fondo de su alma, sigui\u00f3siendo jud\u00edo hasta el final (una especie de marrano avant la lettre), nos ha llegado gracias a los cristianos, que laconsideraron como \u00abel quinto evangelio\u00bb. Feuchtwangerintuy\u00f3, en la fabulosa historia individual y colectiva de esa \u00e9poca, una granoportunidad para un escritor comprometido, contempor\u00e1neo de Hitler. \u00c9sa y nootra era la preocupaci\u00f3n central de su quehacer literario. Y, fascinado por lasfiguras que podr\u00edamos decir pertenecen m\u00e1s a la mitolog\u00eda que a la historia deOccidente \u2014Ner\u00f3n, el Senado, las legiones, la Judea de Jes\u00fas, las sectas\u00abterroristas\u00bb jud\u00edas, Jerusal\u00e9n y Masada\u2014, Feuchtwanger construye una novelacaleidosc\u00f3pica en la que insufla, junto con los elementos m\u00e1s apasionantes detoda buena trama novel\u00edstica \u2014la guerra, el amor, la divinidad, la intriga\u2014, ladescripci\u00f3n veros\u00edmil de una \u00e9poca hist\u00f3rica que, as\u00ed, cobra vida en ladesatada imaginaci\u00f3n del lector; y, con ello, no lo olvida, no: un mensajedirigido espec\u00edficamente al p\u00fablico de este siglo, atormentado por fen\u00f3menossociales, pol\u00edticos y militares singularmente afines a los de veinte siglosatr\u00e1s.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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