Wittgenstein did not refer to the Old Testament very often in his written notes, but he did do so several times. In these notes and in conversations, he voices reservations about the Old Testament insofar as he sees it - without the New Testament - as a "body without its head". However, if we look at what he says about specific passages of the Old Testament, we find little of these concerns realised. In these contexts, he is much more interested in the question of whether wisdom can have a life-changing effect. In my lecture I will take a closer look at Wittgenstein's approach to the Old Testament, focussing in particular on a wisdom that oscillates between individual and socio-cultural meaning.