The newly-resurrected giant insect, rather than appearing in the celebrated halo of radiance described elsewhere, instead evinced a strong aversion to light, scurrying quickly back into its burial cave when the sun came out from behind some clouds.

Religious history experts believe the Teachings of Penelope may explain the unique calendar of the Bohemian Orthodox Church, a faction that broke away from the Western church prior to the establishment of the Holy Roman Empire in 800 A.D. The Bohemian Orthodox Church, alone among Christian denominations, celebrates Easter on February 2. Some scholars believe today's Easter Bunny evolved from early Bohemian Orthodoxy's reverence for the groundhog.

Scholars are impressed by the remarkably modern sensibilities of Penelope's account. "This is a story of the great disaffection and alienation faced by the average citizen of Judea during the Roman occupation," said Dr. Hiram Smith of Baltimore University. "The transfigured Christ revealed by Penelope of Ghat is clearly a symbol of the ambivalence we all feel toward our mundane daily lives after death. Moreover, Christ's ambiguous relationship with His Father is symptomatic of His repressed desire to live His own life. The story teaches us that Jesus resents, at a fundamental level, the degree to which His Father has been living vicariously through Him."