Ulrika Mårtensson
Biographic Data
| ID | 1248718 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ulrika Mårtensson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ulrika |
| FAMILY NAME | Mårtensson |
| SIGNATURE | MÅRTENSSON U |
| AFFILIATIONS | Norwegian University of Science and Technology |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 20 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 14 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 20 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Al-Ṭabarī’s Madhhab Jarīrī and Ascetic Legacies at the ʿAbbāsid Court
Faith Saving Water
Faith Saving
Security, Water and Gardens
The article analyses the Qur'anic concept of “faith” in relation to verses about “water” and “gardens.” Three kinds of contexts are constructed for the analysis. (1) The internal Qur'anic Covenantal contract between God and humans, where God promises to sustain humans through watered land and its growth while humans promise to serve only God. (2) A socio-legal context for Covenant, which here refers to agriculture and ownership and farming of lan…
Al-Ṭabarī’s madhhab jarīrī
The book analyses the works of Muḥammad b. Jarīr al-Ṭabarī (224/839–310/923) as expressions of the theory of natural law and natural rights, and its corollary theories of politics and social contract, language and rhetoric, hermeneutics, metaphysics, ontology, epistemology, and ethics. Through this approach, the author argues that al-Ṭabarī's scholarship constitutes not only sources of information about the rise and early development of Islam and…
Al-Ṭabarī's Madhhab Jarīrī
Linguistic Theory in tafsīr between 100/400 and 700/1000
The article aims to explore the possibility that tafsīr and the Qur’an might share a common linguistic theory, and the methodological relevance of such a relationship for Qur’anic studies. This is done by, firstly, engaging with debates on the definitions and dating of tafsīr and the methodological implications of these; secondly, by developing a model of a theoretical paradigm that spans the disciplines of tafsīr, linguistics, rhetoric, and law,…
“The Dynamic Duo”
Prophetic Clarity
The article is a comparative study of Muḥammad b. Jarīr al-Ṭabarī's (d. 310/923) concepts of Qur'anic language, rhetoric, and composition. Al-Ṭabarī identified the Qur'an semantically and generically with the Biblical scriptures, as prophecy, and with Arabic rhetoric ( balāgha and khaṭāba). At the same time, he claimed that the Qur'an superseded them all in terms of how its forms convey God's intended message about Covenant, through its clarity o…
Introduction. Originating Canons and Communities
Accurate Knowledge
This article discusses the relationship between, on the one hand, the academic study of Islamic disciplines within university faculties of humanities and theology, including religious studies, and, on the other, ‘lived Islamic theology’, i.e. the diverse Islamic institutional discourses that inform individuals’ religious knowledge and practices. Here, ‘lived Islamic theology’ refers to research from the Norwegian cities of Trondheim and Oslo. The…
Reorienting the East
Al-Ṭabarī's Concept of the Qur'an
This article seeks to define al-Ṭabarī’s concept of the Qur'an by exploring the systemic nature of al-Ṭabarī’s whole scholarly oeuvre, with reference to the political and scholarly context of debates between rationalism and traditionalism, and the development of uṣūl al-fiqh. Drawing on recent research on uṣūl al-fiqh (Vishanoff 2011) and al-Ṭabarī’s own madhhab (Stewart 2004; 2013), it is argued that al-Ṭabarī on the one hand politically agreed …
Hate Speech and Dialogue in Norway
This article addresses regulation of speech in culturally diverse contexts through a study of interfaith dialogue between the Church of Norway and Islam, using Jürgen Habermas' concepts ‘public discourse’ and ‘post-secular society’ and Katharine Gelber's idea of ‘speaking back’ to hate speech. The analysis is situated in the context of international and national human rights debates and integration policies and the political right's claims regard…
Fundamentalism in the Modern World
How does religious fundamentalism operate in modern global society? This two-volume series analyses the dynamics of fundamentalism and its relationship to the modern state, the public sphere and globalisation. In this first volume, fundamentalism is approached from the perspective of state and community building, ideology and practices within the context of global society, and the ways in which fundamentalism is intertwined with issues of politic…
It’s the Economy, Stupid”
The article argues that al-abarī’s History of the Prophets and the Kings provides a free rider-analysis of the decline of Abbasid state power. Al-abarī’s historical analysis considers state policy on land tax, and religion as a legal norm related to the social contract between the head of state and the landlords. It is concluded that al-abarī saw the misāa tax system and ‘rule of law’ as the principal conditions for imperial rule, and that al-aba…
Introduction
The Times of History
Through the Lens of Modern Hermeneutics
The article explores the meaning of Q. 24∶35 (the ‘Light Verse’) through the interpretations of al-Ṭabarī and al-Ghazālī, and with reference to their respective hermeneutics and interpretive methods, which are compared to modern hermeneutical debate. The central argument is that the methodologies of al-Ṭabarī and al-Ghazālī are in line with the modern hermeneutical position that a text's meaning is what its author intended to communicate (E.D. Hi…
The Power of Subject
Discourse and Historical Analysis
This article is a critique of prevailing readings of al-Tabarî's history as essentially religious, and therefore different from modern history. Because it consists of historical reports (akhbâr) transmitted by generations of scholars, the dominant view is that it reflects an Islamic scholarly culture of “traditionalism” where knowledge is authoritative only as imputed to a collective, never to an individual. The transmitted authoritative view of …
Hate Speech and Dialogue in Norway
This article addresses regulation of speech in culturally diverse contexts through a study of interfaith dialogue between the Church of Norway and Islam, using Jürgen Habermas' concepts ‘public discourse’ and ‘post-secular society’ and Katharine Gelber's idea of ‘speaking back’ to hate speech. The analysis is situated in the context of international and national human rights debates and integration policies and the political right's claims regard…
The Power of Subject
Discourse and Historical Analysis
This article is a critique of prevailing readings of al-Tabarî's history as essentially religious, and therefore different from modern history. Because it consists of historical reports (akhbâr) transmitted by generations of scholars, the dominant view is that it reflects an Islamic scholarly culture of “traditionalism” where knowledge is authoritative only as imputed to a collective, never to an individual. The transmitted authoritative view of …
Accurate Knowledge
This article discusses the relationship between, on the one hand, the academic study of Islamic disciplines within university faculties of humanities and theology, including religious studies, and, on the other, ‘lived Islamic theology’, i.e. the diverse Islamic institutional discourses that inform individuals’ religious knowledge and practices. Here, ‘lived Islamic theology’ refers to research from the Norwegian cities of Trondheim and Oslo. The…
It’s the Economy, Stupid”
The article argues that al-abarī’s History of the Prophets and the Kings provides a free rider-analysis of the decline of Abbasid state power. Al-abarī’s historical analysis considers state policy on land tax, and religion as a legal norm related to the social contract between the head of state and the landlords. It is concluded that al-abarī saw the misāa tax system and ‘rule of law’ as the principal conditions for imperial rule, and that al-aba…
Discourse and Historical Analysis
This article is a critique of prevailing readings of al-Tabarî's history as essentially religious, and therefore different from modern history. Because it consists of historical reports (akhbâr) transmitted by generations of scholars, the dominant view is that it reflects an Islamic scholarly culture of “traditionalism” where knowledge is authoritative only as imputed to a collective, never to an individual. The transmitted authoritative view of …
The Power of Subject
Through the Lens of Modern Hermeneutics
The article explores the meaning of Q. 24∶35 (the ‘Light Verse’) through the interpretations of al-Ṭabarī and al-Ghazālī, and with reference to their respective hermeneutics and interpretive methods, which are compared to modern hermeneutical debate. The central argument is that the methodologies of al-Ṭabarī and al-Ghazālī are in line with the modern hermeneutical position that a text's meaning is what its author intended to communicate (E.D. Hi…
The Times of History
Fundamentalism in the Modern World
How does religious fundamentalism operate in modern global society? This two-volume series analyses the dynamics of fundamentalism and its relationship to the modern state, the public sphere and globalisation. In this first volume, fundamentalism is approached from the perspective of state and community building, ideology and practices within the context of global society, and the ways in which fundamentalism is intertwined with issues of politic…
It’s the Economy, Stupid”
The article argues that al-abarī’s History of the Prophets and the Kings provides a free rider-analysis of the decline of Abbasid state power. Al-abarī’s historical analysis considers state policy on land tax, and religion as a legal norm related to the social contract between the head of state and the landlords. It is concluded that al-abarī saw the misāa tax system and ‘rule of law’ as the principal conditions for imperial rule, and that al-aba…
Introduction
Hate Speech and Dialogue in Norway
This article addresses regulation of speech in culturally diverse contexts through a study of interfaith dialogue between the Church of Norway and Islam, using Jürgen Habermas' concepts ‘public discourse’ and ‘post-secular society’ and Katharine Gelber's idea of ‘speaking back’ to hate speech. The analysis is situated in the context of international and national human rights debates and integration policies and the political right's claims regard…
Al-Ṭabarī's Concept of the Qur'an
This article seeks to define al-Ṭabarī’s concept of the Qur'an by exploring the systemic nature of al-Ṭabarī’s whole scholarly oeuvre, with reference to the political and scholarly context of debates between rationalism and traditionalism, and the development of uṣūl al-fiqh. Drawing on recent research on uṣūl al-fiqh (Vishanoff 2011) and al-Ṭabarī’s own madhhab (Stewart 2004; 2013), it is argued that al-Ṭabarī on the one hand politically agreed …
Reorienting the East
Accurate Knowledge
This article discusses the relationship between, on the one hand, the academic study of Islamic disciplines within university faculties of humanities and theology, including religious studies, and, on the other, ‘lived Islamic theology’, i.e. the diverse Islamic institutional discourses that inform individuals’ religious knowledge and practices. Here, ‘lived Islamic theology’ refers to research from the Norwegian cities of Trondheim and Oslo. The…
Prophetic Clarity
The article is a comparative study of Muḥammad b. Jarīr al-Ṭabarī's (d. 310/923) concepts of Qur'anic language, rhetoric, and composition. Al-Ṭabarī identified the Qur'an semantically and generically with the Biblical scriptures, as prophecy, and with Arabic rhetoric ( balāgha and khaṭāba). At the same time, he claimed that the Qur'an superseded them all in terms of how its forms convey God's intended message about Covenant, through its clarity o…
Introduction. Originating Canons and Communities
“The Dynamic Duo”
Al-Ṭabarī’s madhhab jarīrī
The book analyses the works of Muḥammad b. Jarīr al-Ṭabarī (224/839–310/923) as expressions of the theory of natural law and natural rights, and its corollary theories of politics and social contract, language and rhetoric, hermeneutics, metaphysics, ontology, epistemology, and ethics. Through this approach, the author argues that al-Ṭabarī's scholarship constitutes not only sources of information about the rise and early development of Islam and…
Al-Ṭabarī's Madhhab Jarīrī
Linguistic Theory in tafsīr between 100/400 and 700/1000
The article aims to explore the possibility that tafsīr and the Qur’an might share a common linguistic theory, and the methodological relevance of such a relationship for Qur’anic studies. This is done by, firstly, engaging with debates on the definitions and dating of tafsīr and the methodological implications of these; secondly, by developing a model of a theoretical paradigm that spans the disciplines of tafsīr, linguistics, rhetoric, and law,…
Faith Saving Water
Faith Saving
Security, Water and Gardens
The article analyses the Qur'anic concept of “faith” in relation to verses about “water” and “gardens.” Three kinds of contexts are constructed for the analysis. (1) The internal Qur'anic Covenantal contract between God and humans, where God promises to sustain humans through watered land and its growth while humans promise to serve only God. (2) A socio-legal context for Covenant, which here refers to agriculture and ownership and farming of lan…
Al-Ṭabarī’s Madhhab Jarīrī and Ascetic Legacies at the ʿAbbāsid Court
Philosophy (12 works) · Islamic Studies and History (11 works) · Historical and Linguistic Studies (8 works) · Theology (8 works) · Education and Islamic Studies (7 works) · Islam (7 works) · Epistemology (6 works) · History (6 works) · Law (6 works) · Political science (6 works)