Movie: The Ornament of the World

Top 10 Billed Cast

Reuven Firestone
Reuven Firestone

Himself (Hebrew Union College)

David Levering Lewis
David Levering Lewis

Himself (New York University)

Jerrilynn D. Dodds
Jerrilynn D. Dodds

Herself (Sarah Lawrence College)

Frank Peters
Frank Peters

Himself (New York University)

María Rosa Menocal
María Rosa Menocal

Herself (Author, The Ornament of the World)

D. Fairchild Ruggles
D. Fairchild Ruggles

Herself (Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)

Abigail Balbale
Abigail Balbale

Herself (New York University)

Adnan Husain
Adnan Husain

Himself (Queen's University)

Teofilo Ruiz
Teofilo Ruiz

Himself (Univ. of California, Los Angeles)

Dwight Reynolds
Dwight Reynolds

Himself (Univ. of California, Santa Barbara)

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