: Span ish ▁male ▁cycl ists ▁Category : V uel ta ▁a ▁España ▁cycl ists <0x0A> </s> ▁Joseph ▁Wh eless ▁( Mont gom ery ▁County , ▁Tennessee ▁ 1 8 6 8 - 1 9 5 0 ) ▁was ▁an ▁American ▁lawyer ▁who ▁wrote ▁prom oting ▁the ▁Jesus ▁myth ▁theory ▁during ▁the ▁early ▁years ▁of ▁the ▁ 2 0 th ▁century . ▁ ▁He ▁was ▁son ▁of ▁Joseph ▁Wh eless ▁Sr . ▁( 1 8 3 0 – 1 8 9 9 ), ▁grand son ▁of ▁Aqu illa ▁Wh eless . ▁His ▁mother ▁My ra ▁Mc Call , ▁died ▁when ▁he ▁was ▁young , ▁and ▁his ▁brothers ▁and ▁sister s ▁were ▁by ▁his ▁father ' s ▁second ▁wife . ▁Wh eless ▁was ▁raised ▁Southern ▁Method ist ▁but ▁later ▁question ed ▁the ▁ver ity ▁of ▁the ▁script ures , ▁studying ▁their ▁sources ▁in ▁detail . ▁As ▁a ▁lawyer ▁he ▁def ended ▁American ▁free - th inking ▁and ▁at he ist ▁organizations , ▁was ▁instruct or ▁in ▁military ▁juris pr ud ence ▁at ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Ark ansas ▁and ▁held ▁the ▁rank ▁of ▁major ▁in ▁the ▁department ▁of ▁the ▁Judge ▁Adv oc ate ▁General . ▁ ▁Also ▁self - t aught , ▁Wh eless ▁was ▁a ▁successful ▁lawyer ▁and ▁a ▁very ▁out sp oken ▁Jesus - was - a - my th ▁writer . ▁He ▁studied ▁for ▁the ▁bar ▁while ▁art ic led ▁in ▁his ▁uncle ' s ▁firm . ▁Wh eless ▁served ▁as ▁coun sel ▁for ▁several ▁American ▁free - th inking ▁organizations ▁and