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David Lorton was an Egyptologist and translator.

Career

Between the late 1990s and early 2000s, Lorton translated a number of books by European historians and Egyptologists into English for Cornell University Press. His work as a translater was generally highly reviewed by critics.[1][2] He coedited Essays in Egyptology in Honor of Hans Goedicke with Betsy M. Bryan in 2000.[3]

Bibliography

Author and editor

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

Translator

  • Florian Ebeling. The Secret History of Hermes Trismegistus. 2007.[4]
  • Jan Assmann. Death and Salvation in Ancient Egypt. 2006.[5][6]
  • Françoise Dunand and Christiane Zivie‐Coche. Gods and Men in Egypt: 3000 BCE 395 CE. 2004.[7]
  • Pascal Vernus. Affairs and scandals in ancient Egypt. 2003.[8]
  • Christiane Zivie‐Coche. Sphinx. 2003.[9]
  • Claude Traunecker. The Gods of Egypt. 2001.[2]
  • Jan Assmann. The Search for God in Ancient Egypt. 2001.[10]
  • Karol Mysliwiec. The Twilight of Ancient Egypt. 2001.[11]
  • Serge Sauneron. The Priests of Ancient Egypt. 2001.[1]
  • Erik Hornung. The Secret Lore of Egypt. 2001.[12]
  • Erik Hornung. Akhenaton and the Religion of Light. 1999.[13]
  • Erik Hornung. History of Ancient Egypt. 1999.[14]
  • Guillemette Andreu's Egypt in the Age of the Pyramids. 1997.[15]

References

  1. ^ a b Strudwick, Helen (March 2001). "Egypt in the age of Cleopatra". Antiquity. 75 (287).
  2. ^ a b Ockinga, Boyo (2011). "CLAUDE TRAUNECKER: The Gods of Egypt, trans. DAVID LORTON". Journal of Religious History: 275–276.
  3. ^ "Betsy M. Bryan - David Lorton ("ed.), Essays in Egyptology in Honor of Hans Goedicke" (Book Review) - ProQuest". www.proquest.com. Retrieved 2023-01-26.
  4. ^ Stannish, Steven M. (2007-07-01). "The Secret History of Hermes Trismegistus: Hermeticism from Ancient to Modern Times". History: Reviews of New Books. 35 (4): 149–150. doi:10.1080/03612759.2007.10527107. ISSN 0361-2759.
  5. ^ Stannish, Steven M. (2006-01-01). "Death and Salvation in Ancient Egypt". History: Reviews of New Books. 34 (2): 63–63. doi:10.3200/HIST.34.2.63-64. ISSN 0361-2759.
  6. ^ Scalf, Foy (2011). "Review of Death and Salvation in Ancient Egypt". Journal of Near Eastern Studies. 70 (1): 124–126. doi:10.1086/659041. ISSN 0022-2968.
  7. ^ "FRANÇOISE DUNAND and CHRISTIANE ZIVIE‐COCHE. Gods and Men in Egypt: 3000 BCE 395 CE. Translated by DAVID LORTON". academic.oup.com. Retrieved 2023-01-26.
  8. ^ 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): 01–01. ISSN 1567-214X.
  9. ^ James, N. (June 2003). "Christiane Zivie-Coche. Sphinx: history of a monument (tr. David Lorton)". Antiquity. 77 (296).
  10. ^ Szpakowska, Kasia (February 2003). "Reviews - The Search for God in Ancient Egypt". Electronic Antiquity: Communicating the Classics. 7 (1). ISSN 1320-3606.
  11. ^ "Twilight of Ancient Egypt: First Millennium B.C.E. - ProQuest". www.proquest.com. Retrieved 2023-01-26.
  12. ^ "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.
  13. ^ Spalinger, Anthony (November 2000). "Reviews - Akhenaton and the Religion of Light". Electronic Antiquity: Communicating the Classics. 5 (3). ISSN 1320-3606.
  14. ^ HORNUNG, ERIK; Lorton, David (1999). History of Ancient Egypt: Translated by David Lorton. Edinburgh University Press. doi:10.3366/j.ctvxcrcpd. ISBN 978-0-7486-1342-7.
  15. ^ Hollis, Susan Tower (2000-10-01). "Egypt in the Age of the Pyramids. Guillemette Andreu , David Lorton". Journal of Near Eastern Studies. 59 (4): 305–306. doi:10.1086/468875. ISSN 0022-2968.
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