Brent is a professor of the Old Testament at Duke Divinity School. He also teaches at Duke University School of Law and in the Hebrew Bible track in the Ph.D. program for the Duke Graduate School of Arts & Sciences. He previously taught at Candler School of Theology and Asbury Theological Seminary. Brent is an ordained elder in The United Methodist Church who speaks and preaches at churches across the country and has appeared on CNN numerous times. He has authored many books, edited or coedited over 25 volumes, including the Westminster Study Bible, and was a translator and editorial board member for The Common English Bible.