the marvelous work of Josephus Flavius ​ ​ provided its author with unfading fame. The wonderful book of the ancient historian, translated into all European languages, is now, after two millennia, worthy of the attention of all educated people. Having decided to restore the good name of the co-religionists, to dispel the evil absurdities that accompanied the history of origin, the nature of beliefs and the way of life of the Jews, to show the historical significance of his people, to reveal the true motives of his struggle with imperious Rome, Josephus Flavius ​ ​ did not stop either before the abundance of material or before the vastness of the topic. And he solved his task brilliantly.