Appeared between the years 1945-1949 (with additional prints, until 1966)
Including the following parts:
A. The Period of Jewish Enlightenment , 1945 (Improved edition of his 1923 book, 'Lessons in the History of the New Hebrew Literature', Heb.):
45-71 - 'Chapter 3: "Ha-Me'assef" Period (1784-1811)': mainly 66 - on 'Bikkurei Ha-Ittim'
72-122 - 'Chapter 4: The Renewal of Hebrew Literature in the Austrian Countries': including a sub-chapter on Joseph Perl (74-78), Isaac Erter (78-87), Nachman Krochmal (88-102), Solomon Judah Rapoport (102-105),and Max Letteris (119-121)
253-288 - 'Chapter 9: The Realistic Period in Our New Literature (continuation)': including a sub-chapter on Reuben Asher Braudes (279-287).
B. The Period of Revival in Israel, 1946:
44-57 - 'Chapter Three: The poets of Hibbat Zion during th1880s [...]': including a sub-chapter on Naphtali Herz Imber (54-56).
C. The Period of Political Zionism, 1950:
142-158 - 'Chapter 7: From the Books of the Era - Gershom Shofman'
259-306 - 'Chapter 13: Literary Philosophers [...]': including the sub-chapters 'Dr. Shimon Bernfeld (1889-1939)' (260-266) and 'Dr. David Ben Shelomo Neumark (1865-1923)' (267-277)
307-356 - 'Chapter 14: Essayists and Critics [...]' Including THE sub-chapters "Dr. Osias Thon (1869-1935)' (317-320) and 'Dr. Marcus Ehrenpreis : The critic from "The New Strategy"' (333-335).
Including references to the institute's teachers, most of whom were from Galicia, among them Moses Schorr (163, 165, 166, 171, 174, 175), Markus Braude (165, 171, 175), Meir Balaban (165, 171, 175), Osias Thon (165), Abraham Weiss (165-166, 171, 175), Ignacy Schiper (166, 175), Markus Stien (166, 171, 175), Arieh Tartakower (170, 175), Meir Tauber (170), Israel Ostersetzer (171, 175), Jeremiah Frenkel (171), Benzion Benshalom (171), and Philip Friedman (171); as well as references to Galician maskilim Nachman Krochmal, Solomon Judah Rapoport and Joshua Heschel Schorr (164).
Including paragraphs about the Rabbis Jacob Lorbeerbaum (275), Naphtali Zevi Horowitz of Ropczyce, Eliezer Horowitz of Dzikov (279), and Issachar Berish of Veretski, and about Tobias Feder (Gutman) (282), Mordecai David Brandstaedter (283), and Victor Aptowitzer (285).
Including references to the Hebrew Literary Center's move from Germany to Galicia (6-7) and to the following people (according to the index): Mordecai David Brandstaedter, Reuben Asher Braudes, Isaac Erter, Nachman Krochmal, Solomon Judah Rapoport, Salomon Rubin, Joshua Heschel Schorr, and Eliahu Mordecai Werbel.
Including references to Arieh Tartakower (102-103), Eisig Silberschlag (119-120), Simon Federbusch (127), Abraham Weiss (128), Shalom Spiegel (129), Jacob Mann, Salo Wittmayer Baron (131), Isaiah Sonne (133), David Neumark (133-135), Henry Malter (135), Zevi Diesendruck (136-137), Harry Sackler (142-144) and Eisig Silberschlag (160, 175-176)
About the Rabbinical schools in Germany; including references to Solomon Judah Rapoport (247), Simon Bernfeld (249), Naphtali Herz Tur-Sinai (253-367) and Martin Buber (368).
For the critique of the essay and the critique of the critique, see the Hebrew notes.
Including references to the Galician historians' circle, members of the first generation, Moses Schorr (483-486), Meir Balaban (483-487), Ignacy Schiper (483-486), and members of the next generation, among them Nathan Michael Gelber, Raphael Mahler, Emanuel Ringelblum, Phillip Friedman, Edmund Stein and Arieh Tartakower (486).
Including the following chapter: 'The yearbooks and collections ( 'Bikkurei Ha-Ittim', 'Kerem Hemed', and 'Otzar Nechmad')' (48-52): about 'Bikkurei HaIttim' (47-49), 'Kerem Hemed' (50) and 'Otzar Nechmad' (50-52).
Likewise, parts about Nachman Krochmal, Solomon Judah Rapoport, Joshua Osias Schorr, Abraham Krochmal, Solomon Zevi Hirsch and Solomon Rubin.