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Joseph Wheless


Born
in Montgomery County, Tennessee, The United States
April 04, 1868

Died
May 12, 1950

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Genre
Law, Freethought, Biblical Criticism

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Robert Ingersoll, Joseph Lewis ...more


Joseph Wheless (Montgomery County, Tennessee 1868-1950) was an American lawyer who wrote promoting the Jesus myth theory during the early years of the 20th Century.

He was son of Joseph Wheless Sr. (1830–1899), grandson of Aquilla Wheless. His mother Myra McCall, died when he was young, and his brothers and sisters were by his father's second wife. Wheless was raised Southern Methodist but later questioned the verity of the scriptures, studying their sources in detail. As a lawyer he defended American free-thinking and atheist organizations, was instructor in military jurisprudence at the University of Arkansas and held the rank of major in the department of the Judge Advocate General.

Also self-taught, Wheless was a successful lawyer and a v ...more

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Forgery in Christianity
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Is It God's Word?
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The Hebrew Heathen Religion...
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Compendium of the Laws of M...
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The Civil Code of Brazil
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“David christened it: "This is the house of Yahzeh ha-Elohim [1 ahveh of the Gods], and this is the altar of the burnt offering for Israel" (xxii, 1)”
― Joseph Wheless, Is It God's Word?
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