As soon as he sets foot on Judean soil a fresh conflict breaks out. The point at issue is the vexed question of marriage and divorce. Jewish law was based on the interpretation of Deut 24:1. Divorce is permitted if a man, having married a woman, finds a “shameful thing” (literally, “nakedness of a thing”) in her. For the rabbis, depending on their rigidity (school of Shammai) or flexibility and tolerance (school of Hillel), the question centered on what exactly