Scott Kent Brown (born 1940)[1] is an emeritus American professor of ancient scripture at Brigham Young University (BYU) where he was also the director of ancient studies and for three years head of the university's Jerusalem Center.
from the University of California, Berkeley in classical Greek with a minor in Near Eastern Studies.
In the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Brown has served, among other callings, as a bishop.
[3] Brown has written and edited a wide variety of books dealing with Lehi, the Book of Mormon, Judaism between Malachi and the New Testament, the New Testament and Pearl of Great Price.
He also wrote a book Brown was a consultant in the production of the film The Prince of Egypt.