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Full Idea
In Mosaic legal theory, all breaches of the law offend God. All crimes are sins, just as all sins are crimes.
Gist of Idea
In Mosaic legal theory, crimes are sins and sins are crimes
Source
Paul Johnson (The History of the Jews [1987], Pt I)
Book Ref
Johnson,Paul: 'A History of the Jews' [Phoenix 1993], p.33
A Reaction
This would seem to define Josephus called a 'theocracy'. Not just rule by a priesthood, but also an attempt to make civil law coincide with the teachings of sacred texts. But doing 80 m.p.h. on a motorway at 2 a.m. hardly seems like a sin.