Friday, August 15, 2008
Penitent leopard!
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Kevin (Bluecord) has an entertaining post about the Acts of Philip The Penitent Leopard, he writes:
But, what a cool name for a blog - "Penitent Leopard"! Way cooler than Lingamish's hippo ;-)
I was editing an article yesterday on the Acts of Philip, a 4th-5th century apocryphal work about the Apostle Philip. As I read it, I came across a line where the author says that Philip "converses with a penitent leopard." It made me giggle, because obviously the author meant to say that Philip was talking with a penitent leper. Of course, the spell checker wouldn’t catch this, because both "leopard" and "leper" are valid words.The punch-line, however, is that the penitent leopard is indeed in the Acts. The said leopard was sorry she had attacked a goat (Acts Phil. 96–101). Thank goodness Kevin is a really professional editor and checked, otherwise the article would have puzzled Acts of Philip specialists ;-)
But, what a cool name for a blog - "Penitent Leopard"! Way cooler than Lingamish's hippo ;-)
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¶ 6:52 AM
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The lingapotamus has nothing to be penitent about. And unlike bigfoot, she really exists.
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David Ker, at
August 16, 2008 1:43 AM
Strange, with that hung head and downturned mouth she looks properly penitent, but you know her better than I do, I'll have to assume you are correct if you say she is just pretending penitence :(
As for having nothing to be penitent about the way the river people of the Upper Congo tell it that sounds frankly unlikely dangerous beasts.
I'd much rather meet a penitent leopard than an unrepentant hippo any day ;)
By Tim, at
August 16, 2008 5:53 AM
