Sons of Sheba~Stuart Bergsma~1933~First Edition~Dust Cover~Very Rare Book~Good Condition~Free Shipping

Sons of Sheba~Stuart Bergsma~1933~First Edition~Dust Cover~Very Rare Book~Good Condition~Free Shipping.

A very rare first edition of this historical novel. Book is in good to very good condition. Tight binding. Nice dust cover with some edge wear. One inscription. See photos.

Stuart Bergsma (November 15, 1900 – July 30, 1986) was an American psychiatrist, medical missionary, and author. He served with the United Presbyterian Church of North America in Ethiopia and India, with periods between spent practicing medicine in the United States. In India Bergsma was superintendent of a hospital at Ludhiana, Punjab. He wrote on the phenomenon of speaking in tongues, which he connected to emotional stress or a desire to raise the patient’s social standing.

Bergsma wrote about the phenomenon of speaking in tongues, which he connected to high emotional stress in the subject. He used the analogy of a computer which, if overloaded with information, may produce erratic nonsense output. He also suggested that the subject may voluntarily speak in tongues as a means of raising their status in society.

He wrote the books Rainbow Empire (1932), based on his medical missionary work in Ethiopia, Songs of Sheba (1933), Just One Small Choir, Gabriel!: A Christmas Story (1964), and See That Holy Child: The story of the twelve-year-old Christ (1972). - From Wikipedia

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