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David Lorton was an Egyptologist and translator, most well known for his work translating European research into English.[1]

Career

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In 1976, Lorton received a fellowship from the American Council of Learned Societies for his work in Thebes, Egypt.[2] Between the late 1990s and early 2000s, Lorton translated a number of books by European historians and Egyptologists into English for Cornell University Press. Many of these were on the topic of ancient Egyptian religion.[3] His work as a translator was generally respected by critics,[4][5] with Monica Bontty of Bryn Mawr Classical Review noting his proficiency at "interpreting the complexity of the original German, while still retaining its integrity and eloquence."[6][7] However another Bryn Mawr review by Joshua Katz was more critical, writing that he did a poor job translating Zivie-Coche's Sphinx from the original French.[8]

Lorton coedited Essays in Egyptology in Honor of Hans Goedicke with Betsy M. Bryan in 2000.[9]

Bibliography

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Author and editor

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  • Ed. Essays in Egyptology in Honor of Hans Goedicke. 2000.

Translator

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  • Thomas Schneider. Ancient Egypt in 101 Questions and Answers. 2013.[10]
  • Florian Ebeling. The Secret History of Hermes Trismegistus. 2007.[11]
  • Françoise Dunand and Roger Lichtenberg. Mummies and death in Ancient Egypt. 2007.[12]
  • Jan Assmann. Death and Salvation in Ancient Egypt. 2006.[13][14]
  • Françoise Dunand and Christiane Zivie‐Coche. Gods and Men in Egypt: 3000 BCE 395 CE. 2004.[15]
  • Pascal Vernus. Affairs and scandals in ancient Egypt. 2003.[16]
  • Christiane Zivie‐Coche. Sphinx. 2003.[17]
  • Michel Chauveau. Cleopatra: Beyond the Myth. 2002.[18]
  • Claude Traunecker. The Gods of Egypt. 2001.[5]
  • Jan Assmann. The Search for God in Ancient Egypt. 2001.[19]
  • Karol Mysliwiec. The Twilight of Ancient Egypt. 2001.[20]
  • Serge Sauneron. The Priests of Ancient Egypt. 2001.[4]
  • Erik Hornung. The Secret Lore of Egypt. 2001.[21]
  • Michel Chauveau. Egypt in the Age of Cleopatra. 2000.[22]
  • Erik Hornung. Akhenaton and the Religion of Light. 1999.[23]
  • Erik Hornung. History of Ancient Egypt. 1999.[24]
  • Guillemette Andreu's Egypt in the Age of the Pyramids. 1997.[25]

References

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  1. ^ Scalf, Foy (April 2010). "Michel Chauveau Cleopatra: Beyond the Myth. 2004 Cornell University Press Cornell Paperbacks. Ithaca, New York Prudence J. Jones Cleopatra: A Sourcebook. 2004 University of Oklahoma Press Norman". Journal of Near Eastern Studies. 69 (1): 108. doi:10.1086/654957.
  2. ^ "David Lorton". ACLS. Retrieved 2023-01-26.
  3. ^ Kaper, O. E. (2006). "Dunand, F. & C. Zivie–Coche. 2004. Gods and men in Egypt 3000 BCE to 395 CE. – Ithaca/London, Cornell University Press (translated from the French by David Lorton)". PalArch's Journal of Archaeology of Egypt / Egyptology. 4 (1): 01–03. ISSN 1567-214X.
  4. ^ a b Strudwick, Helen (March 2001). "Egypt in the age of Cleopatra". Antiquity. 75 (287).
  5. ^ a b Ockinga, Boyo (2011). "CLAUDE TRAUNECKER: The Gods of Egypt, trans. DAVID LORTON". Journal of Religious History: 275–276. doi:10.1111/j.1467-9809.2010.00989.x.
  6. ^ "Review of: The Search for God in Ancient Egypt. Translated by David Lorton". Bryn Mawr Classical Review. ISSN 1055-7660.
  7. ^ "Review of: The Twilight of Ancient Egypt First Millenium BCE. Translated by David Lorton". Bryn Mawr Classical Review. ISSN 1055-7660.
  8. ^ "Review of: Sphinx: History of a Monument. Translated by David Lorton". Bryn Mawr Classical Review. ISSN 1055-7660.
  9. ^ Bare, Ladislav (2000). "Betsy M. Bryan - David Lorton (ed.), 'Essays in Egyptology in Honor of Hans Goedicke' (Book Review)". Archiv Orientální. 68 (2). Praha: 285–287. ProQuest 1304097921.
  10. ^ Ambridge, Lindsay (2016). "Review of Ancient Egypt in 101 Questions and Answers, Thomas Schneider, translated by David Lorton". Journal of the American Oriental Society. 136 (2): 448–450. doi:10.7817/jameroriesoci.136.2.448. JSTOR 10.7817/jameroriesoci.136.2.448.
  11. ^ Stannish, Steven M. (July 2007). "The Secret History of Hermes Trismegistus: Hermeticism from Ancient to Modern Times: Ebeling, Florian: Trans. David Lorton Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 149 pp., Publication Date: June 2007". History: Reviews of New Books. 35 (4): 149–150. doi:10.1080/03612759.2007.10527107. S2CID 141585382.
  12. ^ Hummler, Madeleine (1 March 2007). "Second and paperback editions, translations - Bruce G. Trigger. A History of Archaeological Thought. Second edition. xx 710 pages, 50 illustrations. 2006 (first edition 1990). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press; 9787-0-521-84076-7 hardback £50 & $90; 978-0-521-60049-1 paperback £19.99 & $31.99. - Marc Van De Mieroop. A History of the Ancient Near East, ca. 3000-323 BC. xxii 342 pages, 55 illustrations, 3 tables, Second edition 2007 (first published in 2004). Malden (MA), Oxford & Victoria: Blackwell; 978-1405-1491-05 hardback£60, $84.95 & AUS$198; 978-1405-149112 paperback £18.99, $34.95 & AUS$49.50. - Peter A. Clayton. Chronicle of the Pharaohs: The Reign-by-Reign Record of the Rulers and Dynasties of Ancient Egypt. 224 pages, 350 b&w & colour illustrations. First paperback edition 2006 (first published in hardback in 1994). London: Thames & Hudson; 978-0-500-28628-9 paperback £14.95. - Françoise Dunand & Roger Lichtenberg translated by David Lorton Mummies and death in Ancient Egypt (first published in 1998 as Les momies et la mort en Egypte by Errance, Paris). xvi 234 pages, 255 illustrations. 2006. Ithaca & London: Cornell University Press; 978-0-8014-4472-2 hardback $39.95 & £22.95. - Stuart Munro-Hay. The Quest for the Ark of the Covenant: The True History of the Tablets of Moses. xii 276 pages, 11 illustrations. Paperback edition 2006 (first published in hardback in 2005). London: I.B. Tauris; 978-1-84511-248-6 paperback £12.99". Antiquity. 81 (311): 250–251. doi:10.1017/S0003598X00120289. S2CID 231655869.
  13. ^ Stannish, Steven M. (January 2006). "Death and Salvation in Ancient Egypt: Assmann, Jan: Trans. David Lorton: Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 490 pp., Publication Date: January 2006". History: Reviews of New Books. 34 (2): 63. doi:10.3200/HIST.34.2.63-64. S2CID 142875094.
  14. ^ Scalf, Foy (2011). "Review of Death and Salvation in Ancient Egypt". Journal of Near Eastern Studies. 70 (1): 124–126. doi:10.1086/659041. JSTOR 10.1086/659041.
  15. ^ Frankfurter, David (October 2005). "Gods and Men in Egypt: 3000 bce 395 ce Translated by David Lorton". The American Historical Review. 110 (4): 1287–1288. doi:10.1086/ahr.110.4.1287.
  16. ^ Roode, S. M. van (2004). "Vernus, P. 2003. Affairs and scandals in ancient Egypt. – Ithaca/London, Cornell University Press". PalArch's Journal of Archaeology of Egypt / Egyptology. 2 (1): 1.
  17. ^ James, N. (June 2003). "Christiane Zivie-Coche. Sphinx: history of a monument (tr. David Lorton)". Antiquity. 77 (296).
  18. ^ "Review of: Sphinx: History of a Monument. Translated by David Lorton". Bryn Mawr Classical Review. ISSN 1055-7660.
  19. ^ Szpakowska, Kasia (February 2003). "Reviews - The Search for God in Ancient Egypt". Electronic Antiquity: Communicating the Classics. 7 (1). ISSN 1320-3606.
  20. ^ Manning, J G (2002). "Twilight of Ancient Egypt: First Millennium B.C.E.". Classical Bulletin. 78 (2). Cincinnati: 244–246. ProQuest 222351721.
  21. ^ "Review of: The Secret Lore of Egypt. Its Impact on the West. Transl. from the German by David Lorton". Bryn Mawr Classical Review. ISSN 1055-7660.
  22. ^ "Review of: Egypt in the Age of Cleopatra. History and Society under the Ptolemies (= L'Egypte au temps de Cléopâtre, transl. by D. Lorton)". Bryn Mawr Classical Review. ISSN 1055-7660.
  23. ^ Spalinger, Anthony (November 2000). "Reviews - Akhenaton and the Religion of Light". Electronic Antiquity: Communicating the Classics. 5 (3). ISSN 1320-3606.
  24. ^ HORNUNG, ERIK; Lorton, David (1999). History of Ancient Egypt: Translated by David Lorton. Edinburgh University Press. ISBN 978-0-7486-1342-7. JSTOR 10.3366/j.ctvxcrcpd.
  25. ^ Hollis, Susan Tower (October 2000). "Egypt in the Age of the Pyramids . Guillemette Andreu , David Lorton". Journal of Near Eastern Studies. 59 (4): 305–306. doi:10.1086/468875.
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