{"id":155,"date":"2012-02-14T14:02:00","date_gmt":"2012-02-14T14:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/paperbacktheology\/2012\/02\/my-name-is-asher-lev\/"},"modified":"2012-02-14T14:02:00","modified_gmt":"2012-02-14T14:02:00","slug":"my-name-is-asher-lev","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/paperbacktheology\/2012\/02\/my-name-is-asher-lev.html","title":{"rendered":"My Name is Asher Lev"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>
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If you are a reader of fiction and have not yet read My Nameis Asher Lev<\/a><\/i> and The Gift of Asher Lev<\/a><\/i>\u2026 stop what you are doing, logon to Amazon.com, buy An Evangelical Social Gospel<\/a><\/i>, then both of these books by author, painter, rabbi & my new hero \u2013 Chaim Potok. Just kidding, forget the first one and just by the two Asher Lev books.<\/div>\n
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Seriously, my wife read this book a long time ago and told me I would like it. But I ignored her advice. I\u2019m an idiot. Potok is a great writer. <\/div>\n
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Top 5 reasons I love Asher Lev:<\/div>\n
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1. It is a great way to learn about Jewish culture and customs. As a theology nerd, the peek inside Hassidic culture was hypnotic.<\/div>\n
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2. Asher is a great misfit male lead \u2013 which are usually my favorite leads. My top 5 misfit male leads in order are: Owen Meany, Asher Lev, Holden Caulfield, Lloyd Dobbler (I know it\u2019s a movie, but deal with it), and Martin Eden. (Ed from the TV show ED gets honorable mention).<\/div>\n
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3. It is beautiful and sad. I\u2019m reading The Chosen<\/a><\/i> by Potok right now and it doesn\u2019t have the magic Asher Lev has. It\u2019s good, but Potok really hit on something in Asher Lev\u2019s character, and especially in the literary voice of these two novels. They are stunning works of art.<\/div>\n
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4. The first book really functions as a great meditation on the meaning and role art plays in society, as well as an aesthetic primer for people who love art, but have not majored in art history. Both really delve deeply into the internal struggle of the artist.<\/div>\n
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5. If you read it we can talk about it. I\u2019m dying to visit with people about this book.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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