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'''Martin G. Abegg Jr.''' (born 1950) is a
▲'''Martin G. Abegg Jr.''' (born 1950) is a notable [[Dead Sea Scrolls]] scholar, researcher, and professor. Abegg is responsible for reconstructing the full text of the Dead Sea Scrolls from the Dead Sea Scrolls concordance, a project that broke the lengthy publication monopoly held on the scrolls.<ref name="BIB">{{cite web|url=http://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/biblical-artifacts/dead-sea-scrolls/cast-of-characters/|title=Cast of Characters|work=Biblical Archaeology Society|date=2012-04-16}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title = BAS Publishes Dead Sea Scrolls {{!}} The BAS Library|url = http://members.bib-arch.org/publication.asp?PubID=BSBA&Volume=17&Issue=5&ArticleID=1|website = members.bib-arch.org|accessdate = 2015-12-04|date = 2015-08-24}}</ref> He went on to co-direct the Dead Sea Scrolls Institute at [[Trinity Western University]] from 1995 to 2015.<ref name="BIB" /> Here, Abegg held the Ben Zion Wacholder Professorship.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Dead Sea Scrolls Institute {{!}} Trinity Western University|url = https://www.twu.ca/research/institutes-and-centres/university-institutes/dead-sea-scrolls-institute/default.html|website = www.twu.ca|accessdate = 2015-12-04}}</ref> Because Abegg is an influential Dead Sea Scrolls scholar, he has been honoured with a collection of essays written by his peers and students.<ref>{{Cite book|title = The War Scroll, Violence, War and Peace in the Dead Sea Scrolls and Related Literature |url = http://www.brill.com/products/book/war-scroll-violence-war-and-peace-dead-sea-scrolls-and-related-literature|website = www.brill.com|accessdate = 2015-12-04|isbn = 9789004301634|publisher = Brill|date = 2015}}</ref>
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>
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