This volume draws on scholars from a variety of theological disciplines - scripture, history, systematic theology The essays are designed to encourage readers to become more critically reflective as they engage with biblical texts and contemporary concerns. The authors of the various chpater invite us to see wisdom, not mrely as the accummulation of knowledge, but as an active process of ongoing engagment and dialogue that leads us to the acquisition of 'Wisdom for Life'. The editors are two theologans from Melbourne and the contributors are a range of Austrlian and European scholars, Old and New Testament Scholars, Systematic Theologians, Church Historians, and Pastoral Theologians.