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Jon Schraub Leads Student Lecture on Book of Job Participates in Unique St. Johns College Student Curriculum

(November 11, 2005) J. Jonathan Schraub, managing partner of the McLean office of Sands Anderson Marks & Miller and a nationally-known civil litigation attorney, will be guest lecturer at the St. John's College this evening, Friday, November 11, 2005, in Annapolis, MD, on the topic of "Job and the Jewish Tradition of Counter-Testimony."

Schraub was selected by St. John's President Christopher B. Nelson to be part of the regular all-student Friday evening lecture series, "the only time the students are lectured to. Afterward, the lecturer submits to prolonged questioning by students and faculty," according to the College's curriculum description. The lecture, at 8:15 p.m. in the Francis Scott Key Auditorium, is free and open to the public.

Schraub's topic, "Job and the Jewish Tradition of Counter-Testimony," will contemplate how the Book of Job, when read as originally set down, presents a view of the relationship of God and man that runs contrary to Christian and Jewish philosophy. Schraub sees the Book of Job as representing "protest theology," which has been maintained as a voice in Jewish theology throughout the ages. Schraub is a published author whose body of work includes numerous articles in interdisciplinary religious journals.

Founded more than 150 years ago, Sands Anderson has 76 lawyers practicing among its offices in Richmond, Blacksburg, Fredericksburg and McLean, Virginia, and the Research Triangle of North Carolina. In 2008, it was ranked 9th in the Virginia Lawyers Weekly annual listing of the state’s largest law firms. Sands Anderson provides a full range of legal services to corporations and businesses, healthcare providers, financial institutions, state and local governments, the insurance industry and individuals.