David Lorton
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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]
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