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'''Martin G. Abegg Jr.''' (
Apart from his career, Abegg's interests include hiking, playing the guitar, and good books and music. He met his wife Susan while hiking in Washington's Olympic Mountains in 1974, they married in 1975, and a decade of farm life and summers mountaineering before deciding to start a family; they had two daughters Steph and Jenny. Abegg currently resides in Chilliwack, British Columbia with his wife, Susan, and two cats Gram and Emmylou. <ref name="TWU">{{cite web|url=http://twu.ca/directory/faculty/martin-abegg.html|title=Martin Abegg - Trinity Western University|work=twu.ca|access-date=2015-11-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131208072814/http://www.twu.ca/directory/faculty/martin-abegg.html|archive-date=2013-12-08|url-status=dead}}</ref>
== Early life ==
Martin Abegg is the son of Barbara and Martin (Jerry) Abegg.<ref name="TWU" /> He was born in [[Peoria, Illinois, metropolitan area|Peoria]], Illinois.<ref name="TWU" /> His mother was a housewife and part-time PE instructor while his father was a college professor, professional engineer and President of [[Bradley University]].<ref name="TWU" /> In the late 1960s, Abegg performed with his brother Bob in a popular rock band in Peoria, which was signed by Audio Fidelity Records before breaking up. In the early 1970s, the two Abegg brothers continued to perform, finding a niche in the Christian rock music scene.<ref name="IUMA">{{cite web |title=IUMA: Marty and Bob Abegg |url=https://archive.org/details/iuma-marty_and_bob_abegg |website=Internet Archive |access-date=27 October 2021}}</ref>
== Education ==
Abegg graduated from [[Bradley University]] in 1972 with a bachelor of science in Geology.<ref name="TWU" /> After teaching Sunday school inspired him to take language classes, he received a [[Master of Divinity|
== Career ==
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== Dead Sea Scrolls ==
Abegg first became acquainted with the Dead Sea Scrolls during his graduate work at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem.<ref name="TWU" /> In 1987 he returned to the states, and completed his dissertation at the [[Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion|Hebrew Union College]] in Cincinnati on the [[War of the Sons of Light Against the Sons of Darkness|War Scroll]] from [[Qumran]] Cave 1.<ref name="TWU" /> During his time at the [[Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion|Hebrew Union College]], Abegg began to collaborate with Professor Ben Zion Wacholder.<ref name="TWU" /> John Strugnell, chief editor of the scrolls, had sent Wacholder a copy of the secret concordance of the Dead Sea Scrolls the editors were using at the time.<ref name="BIB" /> Using this concordance, Abegg created a computerized database for the Dead Sea Scrolls texts.<ref name="BRI">{{cite web|url=http://brianwdavidson.com/2013/09/20/interview-with-martin-g-abegg-on-electronic-dead-sea-scrolls/|title=Interview with Martin G. Abegg on Electronic Dead Sea Scrolls|work=Brian W. Davidson|date=2013-09-20}}</ref> Abegg decided to publish this material while he was completing his dissertation.<ref name="HUC">{{Cite book|last=Kalman|first=Jason|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/915570958|title=Hebrew Union College and the Dead Sea
== Publications ==
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