1 Introduction 1 4Q185 A Dead Sea Scrolls Manuscript 2 Previous Research 3 Purpose and Layout of This Study2 Edition 1 Graphic Material 2 Material Remarks 3 The Text of 4Q185 4 Translation and Additions 5 Conclusion3 Analysis 1 StanzaIDivine wrath and judgement (frag. 1-3 i ?-i 9a) 2 StanzaIIContemplation on human mortality (frag. 1-3 i 9b-13a) 3 StanzaIII-IVSapiential Admonitions (frag. 1-3 i 13b-8b) 4 StanzasVand VIthe Beatitudes (frag. 1-3 ii 8c-ii 15ff.) 5 StanzaVIIFragmentary phrases on God testing and searching the human (body) (iii 8-15) 6 Coherence and Cohesion in the Extant Text of 4Q1854 4Q185 in Context 1 Intertextuality, Wisdom, and the Sapiential Discourse 2 Engaging with Wisdom: Sapiential Traits in 4Q185 3 Engaging with Eschatology 4 Engaging with History: 4Q185 and Israel's 'National Lore' represented in Pss 78, 105, 106 and 4QAdmonidions on the Flood 5 Engaging with Isaiah5 Summary and Conclusion Bibliography Index.