Scott is the Director of Excavations for the Associates for Biblical Research at ancient Shiloh. He earned his Ph.D. in Archaeology and Biblical History. He serves as Provost and Director of the Archaeological Institute at The Bible Seminary in Katy, TX.
He contributed articles to The Harvest Handbook of Bible Lands (2019) and wrote a chapter for Five Views on the Exodus (Zondervan 2021). The Trowel and the Truth (Vision 2017) serves as a textbook for several universities. Forthcoming publications include a chapter in Archaeology, John, and Jesus (Eerdman’s 2024) and the archaeological supplement for the revised Open Study Bible (Harper Collins 2024).
Scott and his wife, Janet, have four children and seven grandchildren.