The Wedding Party: An Epic Poem

by Philip Rosenbaum

Overview

The Wedding Party is an epic poem written in Spenserian stanzas. Its theme is the love of Christ for His Bride, the Church. The scene is Heaven. The speakers are 144 Biblical characters, who are preparing for the wedding of Christ and the Church. The speakers give answers, based on their personal experience, to Christ's riddle in the prologue, "Why do I choose this Woman as My Bride?"

Product Details

BN ID:	2940166921185
Publisher:	Philip Rosenbaum
Publication date:	01/20/2023
Sold by:	Draft2Digital
Format:	eBook
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Philip Brown Rosenbaum became a Christian in his mid-twenties and wrote his first poem at the age of thirty-four.

He was born and raised in Washington, D.C. where he attended St. Albans School and sang in the Choir of Men and Boys at the Washington National Cathedral. He graduated from Harvard with honors and a degree in English, then worked with delinquent boys before being called to an evangelical ministry in California. His published works in prose are How to Enjoy the Boring Parts of the Bible (1991) and The Promise (1994), on the importance of honoring parents. His only published volume of verse is Holy Week Sonnets (2004).

Currently a fine arts consultant, he lives in rural Virginia with his wife, Jeanne. They have five grown children.

Philip began his preparation for writing The Wedding Party in 1985. He commenced writing the poem in 2006.