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 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

Religions

* Atthakatha, commentaries on the Pāli Canon in Theravāda Buddhism ** Sub-commentaries (Theravāda), commentaries on the commentaries on the Pali Canon of Theravada Buddhism * Exegesis, a critical explanation or interpretation of a text, especially a religious text (e.g. a Bible commentary) * Tafsir, an exegesis, or commentary, of the Quran * List of biblical commentaries * Jewish commentaries on the Bible

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 op-ed, short for "opposite the editorial page," is a type of written prose commonly found in newspapers, magazines, and online publications. They usually represent a writer's strong and focused opinion on an issue of relevance to a targeted a ...

, 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 * Criticism, the practice of judging the merits and faults of something or someone *

Textual Criticism Textual criticism is a branch of textual scholarship, philology, and literary criticism that is concerned with the identification of textual variants, or different versions, of either manuscripts (mss) or of printed books. Such texts may rang ...

, the production of scientifically reliable editions of historical texts * ''Commentary! The Musical'', the musical commentary accompanying '' Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog'' * Commentary or narration, the words in a documentary film *

Literary criticism A genre of arts criticism, literary criticism or literary studies is the study, evaluation, and interpretation of literature. Modern literary criticism is often influenced by literary theory, which is the philosophical analysis of literature's ...

, 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.

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