The Last Testament: A Memoir (65 page)

Japheth,
18
,
61

Javan,
61

Jefferson, Thomas,
137
,
138

Jehovah’s Witnesses, in trial against God,
347

Jeopardy,
352

Jephthah,
120

Jerahmeel,
173

Jeremiah,
126

Jericho, toppling of walls of,
118
–19

Jericho Septet,
166

Jersey Devil,
146

Jerusalem,
100
,
102
,
128
,
336

Jesus:

as active partner in God’s business,
268

arrest of,
199
–200

birth of,
26
,
163
–64,
177

as classic middle child,
167
–68

crucifixion of,
201
–2,
329
,
358

as desiring to be human,
170
–73

details of Armageddon worked out by,
329

fieldwork of,
178
–80

first Communion offered by,
198
–99

as generated by God,
289

God’s granting of religion of,
203
–5

God’s restraint urged by,
287

God’s threat with iceberg against,
295
–96

Holocaust and,
102
,
103

in intervention with God,
296

management style of,
53

ministry of,
185
–87

Mother’s Day gesture of,
340

possibly related to Martin Luther King,
136

Protestants’ acceptance of,
281

reform of Christianity desired by,
275
,
284

resurrection of,
202

sayings of,
191
–92

sign of Armageddon chosen by,
349

as tempted by devil,
183
–85

weeping by,
167
–68,
172
,
178

Jesus Christ Superstar,
339

Jews:

“cultural,”
99

in flight from Egypt,
67
–82,
97
,
131
,
264

Marrano,
271

PPB among,
221

as slaves,
69
,
71

wandering in desert,
82
–94,
97

wanderings of,
101

Jews and Their Lives, The
(Luther),
279

Joan of Arc,
268
–70

Job,
129
–37,
201
,
295

Joel, Billy,
299

John (apostle),
195
,
196

John (evangelist),
163
,
185
,
209
,
329
–30

John the Baptist,
26
,
181
–82

Jolie, Angelina, treatment of orphans by,
112

Jolson, Al,
hajj
interrupted by,
353

Jonah,
126

Jonathan,
122

as sodomizer,
123

Joseph,
67

Joseph, Tribe of,
46

Joseph (Jesus’s father),
174

Jesus taught carpentry by,
179

Mary’s pregnancy and,
176

qualifications of,
175

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
(musical),
46
,
124
,
181

Joshua,
92
,
117

Jericho’s walls toppled by,
118
–19

J. R., shooting of,
143

Judaism,
205

first convert to,
165

as similar to Blockbuster,
244

judges,
120

Judith, Book of,
117

Junior’s Fishwich Miracle,
312

K, Coach,
157

Kabbalah,
25

Kansas, tornado hits,
340

Kardashian, Kim, surgical procedure of,
110

karma,
250

kashrut,
86

Kate, Dutchess,
154

Kathy,
166
,
168
,
203
,
268
,
303

in awe of Jesus,
269

God’s overindulgence with,
167

in intervention with God,
296

as Joan of Arc,
268
–70

personality of,
168

Keith, Toby, surprising song of,
344

Kenaz,
117

Kennedy, John F., assassination of,
146

Kentucky Derby, Four Horsemen at,
340

Keturah,
40

Kidman, Nicole, Botox used by,
110

“Kids in the Halo,”
26
,
102

Killing Fields,
271

Kim Jong Il,
337

Kindle,
56

King, Martin Luther, Jr.,
136

King James Version,
5

Knight, Christopher, death of,
348

knights,
267

kõans, God’s impatience with,
251
–52

Koran,
89
,
209
,
235
–46,
291

errors in,
61
–62

Godlib on,
214

reading of,
241
–42

revelation of,
26

style of,
240
–41

Krakatoa,
292

Krapp’s Last Tape
(Beckett),
146

Laban,
41
,
43
–44,
45
,
89

Lady Gaga, clothing choice of,
345

Lamentations,
117

land,
6

languages, confounding of,
22
–23

Larry the Cable Guy Beer ‘n’ Fart-Joke Variety Hour, The,
343

Last Supper, The
(painting),
231

Lautner, Taylor, as Good Samaritan,
190

Lazarus,
194

Leaning Tower of Pisa, straightening of,
350

Lee, Tommy, American flag affixed to,
112

Lee Roth (handmaiden before Hagar),
37

Leonardo da Vinci,
231

leprosy,
61

lepton,
230

Leviathan,
295
,
330
,
358

Leviticus,
31
–32,
85
,
86
,
323

libraries, coolness of,
338

lice,
357

life, meaning of,
149

light, creation of,
5

Limbaugh, Rush:

endorsement of,
352

ominous weight of,
340

policies debated by,
352

racist remark of,
348

Lincoln, Abraham,
136

Lincoln, Mary, trouble caused by,
136

Lindbergh, Charles,
146

Lindbergh baby,
146

LinkedIn,
304

“literal,” misuse of word,
332

Loch Ness Monster, existence of,
146

locusts,
75
,
357