In this lively work, biblical scholar Walter Vogels shows the role that proverbs and aphorisms play in our everyday lives and relates our experience to the Wisdom tradition in Scripture. Collecting proverb form a wide array of religious, times and cultures, the author skillfully demonstrates how these spiritual nuggets from both within and outside the biblical tradition help give shape and breadth to our day-to-day experiences.

Walter Vogels is a professor of biblical theology at Saint Paul University, Ottawa and the author of numerous books, including Becoming Fully Human: A Biblical Perspective, Interpreting Scripture in the Third Millennium: Author-Reader-Text and Reading and Preaching the Bible: A New Semiotic Approach.

"A proverb is usually understood to be a short, witty and illuminating statement. Walter Vogels' book matches that definition. It provides a technical yet delightful introduction to biblical proverbs, and to the style and procedures of proverbial thought as a transcultural activity which unites the human family." - Sean McEvenue, Professor of the Old Testament, Concordia University, Montreal