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29 (see Sifra and Targ. Yer.) as referring to the vow of the value of a criminal guilty of capital punishment. Here " herein " is the same as the rabbinical

Theater, London, in Tom Taylor's "Dead or Alive" (June, 1871). Next he played Hamlet at the Princess Theater (Feb. 10, 1873). Since then Band-

"hekdesh." In post -exilic times the herem as a war measure against idolaters no longer found any application. Nevertheless it was employed as a

mann's appearances have been mainly in the United States, where he bought a ranch. In 1901 he appeared in vaudeville in a condensed version of " The Merchant of Venice." Bibliography C. E. Pascoe, The Dramatic List, 1880, pp. 37-

Postmeans of ecclesiastical discipline to Exilic Ban. keep the community clear of undesirable, semi-heathenish elements and when the new constitution was to be adopted for



32; Meyer,

Konversations-Lexikon.

E. Ms.

s.



the new colony, those that would not participate in the assembly of the children of the captivity, had, according to the counsel of the princes and elders, all their substance devoted (A. V. "forfeited"), and were themselves separated from the community (Ezra x. 8). Here the Ban, or herem, assumed a new meaning: it meant no longer destruction, but confiscation of goods, and excommunication possibly exposure to starvation ("shammatta"; see Anathema)— of the person; see Banishment, Ex-

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communication. Cheyne and Black, Encyc. Bibl. s.v. Ban Hastings, Diet, of the Bible, s.v. Curse Riehms, Handwiirterbuch, and Hamburger, B. B. T., s.v. Bann Nowack, Hebrtlische Archttoloqie, 1874, ii. 266 et seq.; Benzinger, HebrCiische Archtlologie, 1874, p. 363; R. Smitb, Religion of the Semites, 1889, pp. 434 et seq.; F. Schwally, Semitische Krwgsalterthttmer, 1901, part 1 ; S. Mandl., Der Bann,

Bibliography







Bruenn,

1898.

K.

BANAAH, TANNA. BAND, MOBITZ: critic;

born Oct.

6,

1864.

See Bannaaii.

Austrian writer and art At an early age he began

to write for the press, chiefly feuilletons, humorous sketches, and sporting news. He published " En:

cyklopadie des Buchhandlerischer Wissens," Weimar, 1887; "Semmering-Fuhrer," Vienna, 1888;

"Rosl,"an operetta, 1888; "Dur und Moll," 1888; "Der Letzte Bombardier," a comedy, 1889; "Aus dem Pensionat," a comedy, 1889; "Handbuch des Radfahrsports," 1895; "Angiolina," a novel, 1896;

"Die Hochzeitsreise," an operetta, 1900; "Die Sphynx," an operetta, 1900. In addition to these, Band edited: "Unsere Kunst" in " Wort und Bild," 1889; and "Wiener Kilnstler-Dekameron," 1891. Bibliography: Eisenberg, Das Oeistige Wien, ner,

Deutscher Literatur-Kalender,

1.

17; Kiirscb-

1901.

M. B.

s.

BANDMANN, DANIEL

E. German-AmeriGermany, in 1840. He made

can actor born at Cassel, debut at the Court Theater, Neu Strelitz, when eighteen years old, playing for the next five years mainly in German versions of Shakespearian plays. In 1863 he left Germany for the United States, where he appeared in an English part, Jan. 15, at During the five years following Niblo's Garden. he toured throughout the United States, his principal and most popular r61e being Shylock. Early in 1868 he went to London, where he appeared at the Lyceum Theater (Feb. 17) in the title-role of Brachvogel's "Narciss," founded on Diderot's "Neveu de Rameau" (1760). His next role was Vyvyan in Bulwer Lytton's " The Rightful Heir " (Oct. 3, 1868), followed by the title part in "Othello" (Nov. 30). In the following year he went to Australia, whence he returned to England by way of the United States His next appearance was at the Queen's (1870-71).

his

BANDOFF (BENDOFF or BENDORFF), BENJAMIN English pugilist born in the first



quarter of the nineteenth century died after 1865. Bandoff entered the prize-ring to meet Jerry Duggan, Sept. 20, 1853, having been matched against him for £10 a side. The battle, which continued for seventy-five rounds, was interrupted by the approach of darkness, and the match was drawn. Bandoff next fought George Sims, and was beaten by him on two occasions namely, on Nov. 8, 1854, and on May 17, 1858. Four years later, however, Bandoff retrieved his reputation as a fighter when he met and defeated Hopkinson after a battle of twenty-eight rounds (April 9, 1862). This victory was followed by another on Sept. 8, 1863. when Bandoff defeated the colored Australian, Jackson, at Home Circuit, after a battle of forty rounds. On the same spot he fought eighty-six rounds with Callaghan; but owing to darkness the match terminated in a draw. Bandoff's last appearance in the prize-ring was at Thames Haven on Feb. 14, 1865, when he was beaten by John Smith, the " Brighton Doctor, " after a contest of sixteen rounds. Bibliography: The American Jews' Annual. 3. F. H. V.



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BANETH, EDTJAKD (EZEKIEL)



German

rabbi and scholar; born at Lipto-Szent-Miklos, Hungary, Aug. 9, 1855 son of Bernhard Baneth. After receiving his preparatory education in his native city, at the Israelitische Normalschule, and studying the Talmud privately under his father and under R. Sofer and others at Presburg, he entered the rabbinical seminary of Berlin in 1873, passing thence to the gymnasium in Gnesen. In 1878 he entered the University of Berlin, studying philosophy and Oriental languages, especially Arabic. In July, 1881, he received from the University of Leipsie his doctor's degree, "summa cum laude," and shortly afterward he received from Dr. Israel Hildesheimer a diploma as rabbi. In January, 1882, he entered upon the rabbinate of Krotoschin. This office he resigned in April, 1895, when the administration of the community introduced, against the wishes of the majority, certain innovations which he could not countenance. In December pf the same year he accepted a call as instructor in Talmudic studies at the Lehranstalt filr die Wissenschaft des Juden;

thums

at Berlin,

which position he

still

(1901)

holds.

In addition to essays published in various periodBaneth has written (1) " Samuel ha-Nagid als Staatsmann und Dichter" ("Monatsschrift," 1881, Nos. ii.-viii. appended is a collection of his poems in metrical translation); (2) "Ursprungder Sadokaer und BoSthosaer," Frankfort-on-the-Main, 1882; (3) "Maimunis' Commentar zum Tractat Abot," the icals,