Robb Myers, the Bible tells a different story.  When Moses brought the commandments down from Mt. Sinai, he created/God created (depending on your views) a Theocracy.  The Torah was a religious document, but it was also the law.  Jesus made a new covenant with the people, which replaced the laws of Moses.  Jesus spoke against the Sadducees and the Pharisees, which ran the legal system of Jewish communities, even under Roman rule.  He was very political.  He was, in essence, a legislator leading a grass-roots, political revolution, since in his Judaic world, religion and politics were one and the same.