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Martin Abegg (1950–present) is the son of Barbara and Martin (Jerry) Abegg.<ref name="TWU" /> He was born in [[Peoria,_Illinois Illinois,_metropolitan_area metropolitan area|Peoria]], Illinois.<ref name="TWU" /> His mother was a housewife and part-time PE instructor while his father was a college professor and, 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>

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_DivinityMaster of Divinity|MDivM.Div.]] degree from Northwest Baptist Seminary in 1983.<ref name="TWU" /> Later, in 1984, Abegg went on to perform graduate work at the [[Hebrew University of Jerusalem]].<ref name="TWU" />

Abegg spent two years teaching Hebrew at the Northwest Baptist Seminary.<ref name="TWU" /> He also spent one year as a pastor.<ref name="TWU" /> Abegg taught for three years at [[Grace Theological Seminary]] in [[Winona Lake, Indiana]].<ref name="TWU" /> After this, he moved to [[British Columbia]], where he becomebecame a professor of Dead Sea Scrolls Studies at [[Trinity Western University]] in Langley.<ref name="TWU" /> Here, he became co-director of the Dead Sea Scrolls Institute alongside [[Peter Flint (religious scholar)|Peter Flint]].<ref name="TWU" />

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, hashad sent Wacholder a copy of the secret concordance of the Dead Sea Scrolls the editors were usingatusing 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 Scrolls, Jason Kalmanscrolls|date=2012|isbn=978-0-87820-120-4|location=Cincinnati|oclc=915570958}}</ref> Though this made Dead Sea Scrolls studies more convenient, Abegg was met with fury. Many influential scholars had been kept away from the materials while the editorial team worked on their first edition of scroll translation.<ref name="HUC" /> Those who had the privilege of working with the scrolls were angry that their work had been undermined.<ref name="HUC" /> However, theAbegg's publication broke a forty-year monopoly on the scrolls, allowing scholars of all kinds access to examine the artifacts.<ref name="BIB" /> Furthermore, Abegg's work on the concordance gave him the opportunity to create computer research tools in association with Accordance Bible Software for Dead Sea Scrolls research.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Dead Sea Scrolls Resources in Accordance|url = http://www.accordancebible.com/buzz/articles/dss_index.php|website = Accordance Bible Software|accessdate = 2015-12-04}}</ref> Essentially, Abegg's work accelerated Dead Sea Scrolls research.

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