Dr. Wayment is an Associate professor of Ancient Scripture at Brigham Young University. He received his BA in Classics from the University of California at Riverside, and his MA and PhD in New Testament Studies from the Claremont Graduate School. He has been teaching full time at BYU since 2000.

Dr. Wayment's research interests include the historical life of Jesus, New Testament manuscript traditions, the life of Paul, and the Joseph Smith Translation of the Bible. He has recently published a particularly cogent study that was published in Novum Testamentum that examines evidence culled from a third-century papyrus fragment, P. Oxy. 2383 (P69), which raises some important questions about current readings of Luke 22. This study has made a significant contribution to the wider academic conversation regarding the events germane to the suffering of the Savior in Gethsemane. The tripartite series The Life and Teachings of Jesus Christ: from Bethlehem through the Triumphal Entry, which Dr. Wayment edited with BYU colleague Richard N. Holzapfel, includes essays examining historical and doctrinal aspects surrounding the Savior's mortal ministry. His collaboration with BYU faculty has also produced Jesus Christ and the World of the New Testament, in which he, along with Dr. Holzapfel and Dr. Eric Huntsman, addresses the historical context in which the events related in the New Testament took place. He has also published a work dealing with the life of Paul, entitled: From Persecutor to Apostle: A Biography of Paul. His work with textual analysis and the Joseph Smith translation of the bible led him to edit The Complete Joseph Smith Translation of the New Testament, which was published by Deseret Book.