David Lorton

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

Career

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

Author and editor

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

Translator

  • 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

  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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