Circulation Assistant / Library Assistant II

• Documents and updates Circulation procedures, maintains departmental manual, distributes documentation to Circulation and Services Desk personnel as needed.
• Provides circulation assistance at various service points throughout the library
• Assists with LINK+ processing and general circulation duties

Contact Info

• Email:  lucas_schulte@cuc.claremont.edu
• Phone: (909) 607-4094
• Campus Address: Honnold/Mudd Library

Education

• Ph.D. in Religion (Hebrew Bible), Claremont Graduate University (2013) 
• M.A.R. in Bible, Yale University Divinity School (2004)
• B.A. in Comparative Religious Studies, University of Nebraska-Lincoln (2001)

Research

• Hebrew Bible/Old Testament
• Archaeology and Literature of the Ancient Near East
• Second Temple Judaism
• Dead Sea Scrolls
• Apocalyptic Literature
• Historical Criticism, Text Criticism, and Redaction Criticism 

Professional Activities and Interests

• Lecturer in Religious Studies, Pomona College (Fall 2010 - Spring 2011)
• Staff member of the Tel Akko archeological excavation, Israel (2010)
• Staff member of the Ramat Rahel Archaeological Excavations, Israel (2008-2009)
• Adjunct Professor of Hebrew, Claremont School of Theology (Fall 2007–Spring 2008)
• Co-founder of CGU’s annual Religions in Conversation Conference

Publications

Prophecy after the Prophets? The Contribution of the Dead Sea Scrolls to the Understanding of Biblical and Extra-Biblical Prophecy. Edited by Kristin De Troyer and Armin Lange, with the assistance of Lucas L. Schulte.  Contributions to Biblical Exegesis and Theology 52; Louvain: Peeters, 2009.

Pre-Maccabean Literature from the Qumran Library and Its Importance for the Study of the Hebrew Bible.  Edited by Kristin De Troyer and Armin Lange, with the assistance of Lucas L. Schulte and Eva Mroczek.  Dead Sea Discoveries, vol. 13, no. 3 (2006).

Presentations

Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting                   November 20, 2011

"The Relation between Authority Figures and the Will of God in the Book of Nehemiah"

Presented paper on religion and authority in the book of Nehemiah

Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting                   November 22, 2010

"Exile to Damascus and the Community at Qumran"

Presented paper on the Damascus Document

Society of Biblical Literature Pacific Coast Regional Meeting          March 31, 2008

“The Textual Evolution of a Verse: the Eunuchs’ Assassination Plot in the Books of Esther”

Presented paper on MT 2:21; LXX A:12-13; LXX 2:21; AT A:11(12)-12(13)

Society of Biblical Literature Pacific Coast Regional Meeting          March 25, 2007

“Lot’s Daughters: Mothers of Other Nations”

Presented paper on Genesis 19

Society of Biblical Literature Pacific Coast Regional Meeting            March 13, 2006

“‘My Shepherd…Though You Do Not Know Me’: Artaxerxes as Foreign King Manifesting God’s Will”

Presented paper on Nehemiah 2:1-10

            -winner of the SBL/PCR Student Essay Prize