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