[imardmd1]

This overwriting of a rubbed-out text means that it was so bad a rendering that it was not worth keeping. Lawrence Schiffman, an authority on the Dead Sea Scrolls, would say so, I believe.

[21twelve]

“This overwriting of a rubbed-out text means that it was so bad a rendering that it was not worth keeping.”

Interesting thought. I learned that before writing had been invented they would say the scriptures and if someone got even the smallest thing wrong the next person would pick up the verses.

Same goes for later on when the scribes would write it. And doing a ritual cleansing each time before they wrote the name of God (YHWH). If they even got the smallest thing wrong (like a jot or that other symbol over a letter) they had to toss the entire page iirc.

So - perhaps it was just a small error?? I guess they can compare it to other forms of the same verse.

[lepton]

This overwriting of a rubbed-out text means that it was so bad a rendering that it was not worth keeping.

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It says little directly about the quality of what was rubbed-out, only that the cost of the vellum was high enough and that multiple duplicates were likely available at the time the palimpsest was made. See the Archimedes Palimpsest as an example.