David Lorton Explained

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. . 2002.^[18]
• Claude Traunecker. The Gods of Egypt. 2001.
• 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.
• 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 . 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 . April 2010 . 69 . 1 . 108 . 10.1086/654957 .
2. Web site: David Lorton . 2023-01-26 . ACLS . en-US.
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 . en . 4 . 1 . 01–03 . 1567-214X.
4. Strudwick . Helen . March 2001 . Egypt in the age of Cleopatra . . 75 . 287.
5. Ockinga . Boyo . 2011 . CLAUDE TRAUNECKER: The Gods of Egypt, trans. DAVID LORTON . . 275–276. 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 . 1055-7660.
7. Review of: The Twilight of Ancient Egypt First Millenium BCE. Translated by David Lorton . Bryn Mawr Classical Review . 1055-7660.
8. Review of: Sphinx: History of a Monument. Translated by David Lorton . Bryn Mawr Classical Review . 1055-7660.
9. . Bare . Ladislav . Betsy M. Bryan - David Lorton (ed.), 'Essays in Egyptology in Honor of Hans Goedicke' (Book Review) . Archiv Orientální . Praha . 68 . 2 . 2000 . 285–287 .
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 . 10.7817/jameroriesoci.136.2.448 . 10.7817/jameroriesoci.136.2.448 .
11. Stannish . Steven M. . 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 . July 2007 . 35 . 4 . 149–150 . 10.1080/03612759.2007.10527107 . 141585382 .
12. Hummler . Madeleine . 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 . 1 March 2007 . 81 . 311 . 250–251 . 10.1017/S0003598X00120289 . 231655869 .
13. Stannish . Steven M. . 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 . January 2006 . 34 . 2 . 63 . 10.3200/HIST.34.2.63-64 . 142875094 .
14. Scalf . Foy . 2011 . Review of Death and Salvation in Ancient Egypt . Journal of Near Eastern Studies . 70 . 1 . 124–126 . 10.1086/659041 . 10.1086/659041 .
15. Frankfurter . David . Gods and Men in Egypt: 3000 bce 395 ce Translated by David Lorton . The American Historical Review . October 2005 . 110 . 4 . 1287–1288 . 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 . en . 2 . 1 . 1 .
17. James . N. . June 2003 . Christiane Zivie-Coche. Sphinx: history of a monument (tr. David Lorton) . . 77 . 296.
18. Review of: Sphinx: History of a Monument. Translated by David Lorton . Bryn Mawr Classical Review . 1055-7660.
19. Szpakowska . Kasia . February 2003 . Reviews - The Search for God in Ancient Egypt . Electronic Antiquity: Communicating the Classics . 7 . 1 . 1320-3606.
20. . Manning . J G . Twilight of Ancient Egypt: First Millennium B.C.E. . Classical Bulletin . Cincinnati . 78 . 2 . 2002 . 244–246 .
21. Review of: The Secret Lore of Egypt. Its Impact on the West. Transl. from the German by David Lorton . Bryn Mawr Classical Review . 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 . 1055-7660.
23. Spalinger . Anthony . November 2000 . Reviews - Akhenaton and the Religion of Light . Electronic Antiquity: Communicating the Classics . 5 . 3 . 1320-3606.
24. Book: HORNUNG . ERIK . History of Ancient Egypt: Translated by David Lorton . Lorton . David . 1999 . Edinburgh University Press . 978-0-7486-1342-7 . 10.3366/j.ctvxcrcpd .
25. Hollis . Susan Tower . Egypt in the Age of the Pyramids . Guillemette Andreu, David Lorton . Journal of Near Eastern Studies . October 2000 . 59 . 4 . 305–306 . 10.1086/468875 .