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Commentary or commentaries may refer to:
Publications
Commentary (magazine) , a U.S. public affairs journal, founded in 1945 and formerly published by the American Jewish Committee
Caesar's Commentaries (disambiguation) , a number of works by or attributed to Julius Caesar
Commentaries of
Ishodad of Merv , set of ninth-century Syriac treatises on the Bible
Commentaries on the Laws of England , a 1769 treatise on the common law of England by Sir William Blackstone
Commentaries on Living , a series of books by Jiddu Krishnamurti originally published in 1956, 1958 and 1960
Moralia in Job , a sixth-century treatise by Saint Gregory
Commentary of Zuo , one of the earliest Chinese works of narrative history, covering the period from 722 to 468 BCE
Commentaries , a work attributed to
Taautus
Other uses
Published
opinion piece material, in any of several forms:
An
editorial , written by the editorial staff or board of a newspaper, magazine, or other periodical
Column (periodical) , a regular feature of such a publication in which usually the same single writer offers advice, observation, or other commentary
An
op-ed , an opinion piece by an author unaffiliated with the publication
Letters to the editor , written by readers of such a publication
Posts made in the
comments section of an online publication, serving a similar function to paper periodicals' letters to the editor
Commentary (philology) , a line-by-line or even word-by-word explication (and usually translation) of a text
Audio commentary track for DVDs and Blu-Rays – an additional audio track that plays in real-time with the video material, and comments on that video
Sports commentary or play-by-play, a running description of a game or event in real time, usually during a live broadcast
Color commentary , supplementing play-by-play commentary, often filling in any time when play is not in progress
Atthakatha , commentaries on the Pāli Canon in Theravāda Buddhism
Criticism , the practice of judging the merits and faults of something or someone
Commentary! The Musical , the musical commentary accompanying
Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog
Commentary or narration, the words in a
documentary film
Exegesis , a critical explanation or interpretation of a text, especially a religious text (e.g. a Bible commentary)
Literary criticism , the study, evaluation, and interpretation of literature
Close reading in literary criticism, the careful, sustained interpretation of a brief passage of text
Political criticism or political commentary, criticism that is specific of or relevant to politics
Public commentary received by governmental and other bodies, e.g. in response to proposals, reports, etc.
See also
Topics referred to by the same term