Eirik Hovden
Biographic Data
| ID | 4446237 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Eirik Hovden |
| GIVEN NAMES | Eirik |
| FAMILY NAME | Hovden |
| SIGNATURE | HOVDEN E |
| AFFILIATIONS | Associate Professor, University of Bergen Norway |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4459-2397 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Canonising the Code
This article explores the main development of fiqh production in Zaydī Yemen during the early Qāsimī dynasty (ca. 1600-1700 CE ) by focusing on the famous Zaydī muḫtaṣar Kitāb al-Azhār and its commentary Šarḥ al-Azhār and the growing level of ḥawāšī . By tracing the shifting trends in manuscript production and correlating this with historical context, the article demonstrates a sudden re-canonisation and peak in the production of the Šarḥ al-Azhā…
The Muḫtaṣar and Its Role in the Islamic Legal Schools
Reassessing the Family Waqf
Backdating the Criticism and Abolition of Family Waqf
Waqf , in general, and family waqf specifically, came under heavy criticism throughout the Muslim world in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. By the mid-20th century, family waqf had been abolished or severely restricted in most Muslim states. Most of the driving forces for this development have been ascribed to the colonial and imperial projects of economic liberalism and the general push for modernisation. This article, however, presents e…
The Transmission of Canonized Islamic Legal Knowledge
Journal Article The Transmission of Canonized Islamic Legal Knowledge: Practices, Genres, and Institutions Get access Eirik Hovden, Eirik Hovden Eirik Hovden, Department of Foreign Languages, University of Bergen, Bergen 5020, Norway. Tel: + 47 55 58 23 40. Email: [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Christian Mauder Christian Mauder Christian Mauder, Freie Universität Berlin, Institute of I…
Understanding and Framing Change in Islamic Law
Conservative and populist notions of Islamic law, or Sharīʿa, emphasize its immutability. While the textual nature of traditional Islamic jurisprudence supports this conception, academic research in recent decades demonstrates that Islamic law saw constant change and development. The possibility of change is also intimately connected to theories of authority, where normative and descriptive models may give different pictures. Several historians a…
Practising Community in Urban and Rural Eurasia (1000–1600)
This volume explores social practices of framing, building and enacting community in urban-rural relations across medieval Eurasia. Introducing fresh comparative perspectives on practices and visions of community, it offers a thorough source-based examination of medieval communal life in its sociocultural complexity and diversity in Central and Southeast Europe, South Arabia and Tibet. As multi-layered social phenomena, communities constantly for…
Meanings of Community across Medieval Eurasia
How did Christianity, Islam and Buddhism frame the emergence and significance of particular communities in medieval Eurasia? This volume of well-linked comparative studies addresses the terminology of community, genealogies, urban communities and monasteries in medieval Europe, South Arabia and Tibet. Readership: Scholars, students and anyone interested in Medieval, Global, Cultural and Comparative History, Asian Studies, Historical Anthropology …
Competing Visions of Community in Mediaeval Zaydī Yemen
The Muṭarrifiyya was a popular religious movement in the northern highlands of Yemen in the years around 1000-1220 ce, perhaps best known for its opposition to two powerful Zaydī imams around the years 1150 and 1200 and the lively intellectual battle that these tensions engendered in the fields of theology and cosmology. This article takes a new and critical look at the formative years of the Muṭarrifiyya, questioning the assumption that it start…
Meanings of Community across Medieval Eurasia
How did Christianity, Islam and Buddhism frame the emergence and significance of particular communities in medieval Eurasia? This volume of well-linked comparative studies addresses the terminology of community, genealogies, urban communities and monasteries in medieval Europe, South Arabia and Tibet. Readership: Scholars, students and anyone interested in Medieval, Global, Cultural and Comparative History, Asian Studies, Historical Anthropology …
Competing Visions of Community in Mediaeval Zaydī Yemen
The Muṭarrifiyya was a popular religious movement in the northern highlands of Yemen in the years around 1000-1220 ce, perhaps best known for its opposition to two powerful Zaydī imams around the years 1150 and 1200 and the lively intellectual battle that these tensions engendered in the fields of theology and cosmology. This article takes a new and critical look at the formative years of the Muṭarrifiyya, questioning the assumption that it start…
Meanings of Community across Medieval Eurasia
How did Christianity, Islam and Buddhism frame the emergence and significance of particular communities in medieval Eurasia? This volume of well-linked comparative studies addresses the terminology of community, genealogies, urban communities and monasteries in medieval Europe, South Arabia and Tibet. Readership: Scholars, students and anyone interested in Medieval, Global, Cultural and Comparative History, Asian Studies, Historical Anthropology …
Competing Visions of Community in Mediaeval Zaydī Yemen
The Muṭarrifiyya was a popular religious movement in the northern highlands of Yemen in the years around 1000-1220 ce, perhaps best known for its opposition to two powerful Zaydī imams around the years 1150 and 1200 and the lively intellectual battle that these tensions engendered in the fields of theology and cosmology. This article takes a new and critical look at the formative years of the Muṭarrifiyya, questioning the assumption that it start…
Practising Community in Urban and Rural Eurasia (1000–1600)
This volume explores social practices of framing, building and enacting community in urban-rural relations across medieval Eurasia. Introducing fresh comparative perspectives on practices and visions of community, it offers a thorough source-based examination of medieval communal life in its sociocultural complexity and diversity in Central and Southeast Europe, South Arabia and Tibet. As multi-layered social phenomena, communities constantly for…
The Transmission of Canonized Islamic Legal Knowledge
Journal Article The Transmission of Canonized Islamic Legal Knowledge: Practices, Genres, and Institutions Get access Eirik Hovden, Eirik Hovden Eirik Hovden, Department of Foreign Languages, University of Bergen, Bergen 5020, Norway. Tel: + 47 55 58 23 40. Email: [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Christian Mauder Christian Mauder Christian Mauder, Freie Universität Berlin, Institute of I…
Understanding and Framing Change in Islamic Law
Conservative and populist notions of Islamic law, or Sharīʿa, emphasize its immutability. While the textual nature of traditional Islamic jurisprudence supports this conception, academic research in recent decades demonstrates that Islamic law saw constant change and development. The possibility of change is also intimately connected to theories of authority, where normative and descriptive models may give different pictures. Several historians a…
Canonising the Code
This article explores the main development of fiqh production in Zaydī Yemen during the early Qāsimī dynasty (ca. 1600-1700 CE ) by focusing on the famous Zaydī muḫtaṣar Kitāb al-Azhār and its commentary Šarḥ al-Azhār and the growing level of ḥawāšī . By tracing the shifting trends in manuscript production and correlating this with historical context, the article demonstrates a sudden re-canonisation and peak in the production of the Šarḥ al-Azhā…
The Muḫtaṣar and Its Role in the Islamic Legal Schools
Reassessing the Family Waqf
Backdating the Criticism and Abolition of Family Waqf
Waqf , in general, and family waqf specifically, came under heavy criticism throughout the Muslim world in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. By the mid-20th century, family waqf had been abolished or severely restricted in most Muslim states. Most of the driving forces for this development have been ascribed to the colonial and imperial projects of economic liberalism and the general push for modernisation. This article, however, presents e…
Islamic Studies and History (6 works) · Islam (4 works) · History (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Ancient history (2 works) · Anthropology (2 works) · Archaeology (2 works) · Archaeology and Historical Studies (2 works) · Asian studies (2 works) · Eurasian Exchange Networks (2 works)