The Secret Diary of Ben Zoma
McGinley, John W.![The Secret Diary of Ben Zoma](https://support.digitalhusky.com/media/annotations/sorted/420/4206176/CHSBZCOP034206176.jpg)
So. Think about this. Once this foreigner is brought into the House of Israel ((albeit a foreigner who emerged from the House of Israel)) and then comes to rule it, the House of Israel itself ended up becoming, in fact, a collective apostate alienated from its burning living center. In the following I acknowledge the paradox involved in what I am saying given what is said in the Gemaric commentaries about "Akher." But again, think it through. ...