# Commentary

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'''Commentary''' or '''commentaries''' may refer to:

==Publications==
* [''Commentary'' (magazine)](/source/Commentary_(magazine)), a U.S. public affairs journal, founded in 1945 and formerly published by the American Jewish Committee
* [Caesar's Commentaries (disambiguation)](/source/Caesar's_Commentaries_(disambiguation)), a number of works  attributed to Julius Caesar
* ''Commentaries'' of [Ishodad of Merv](/source/Ishodad_of_Merv), set of ninth-century Syriac treatises on the Bible
* ''[Commentaries on the Laws of England](/source/Commentaries_on_the_Laws_of_England)'', a 1769 treatise on the common law of England by Sir William Blackstone
* ''[Commentaries on Living](/source/Commentaries_on_Living)'', a series of books by Jiddu Krishnamurti originally published in 1956, 1958 and 1960
* ''[Moralia in Job](/source/Moralia_in_Job)'', a sixth-century treatise by Saint Gregory
* ''[Commentary of Zuo](/source/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](/source/Taautus)

== Religions ==

*[Atthakatha](/source/Atthakatha), commentaries on the Pāli Canon in Theravāda Buddhism
**[Sub-commentaries (Theravāda)](/source/Sub-commentaries_(Therav%C4%81da)), commentaries on the commentaries on the Pali Canon of Theravada Buddhism
* [Exegesis](/source/Exegesis), a critical explanation or interpretation of a text, especially a religious text (e.g. a Bible commentary)
* [Tafsir](/source/Tafsir), an exegesis, or commentary, of the Quran
* [List of biblical commentaries](/source/List_of_biblical_commentaries)
* [Jewish commentaries on the Bible](/source/Jewish_commentaries_on_the_Bible)

==Other uses==
* Published [opinion piece](/source/opinion_piece) material, in any of several forms:
** An [editorial](/source/editorial), written by the editorial staff or board of a newspaper, magazine, or other periodical
** [Column (periodical)](/source/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](/source/op-ed), an opinion piece by an author unaffiliated with the publication
** [Letters to the editor](/source/Letters_to_the_editor), written by readers of such a publication
** Posts made in the [comments section](/source/comments_section) of an online publication, serving a similar function to paper periodicals' letters to the editor
* [Commentary (philology)](/source/Commentary_(philology)), a line-by-line or even word-by-word explication (and usually translation) of a text
* [Audio commentary](/source/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](/source/Sports_commentary) or play-by-play,  a running description of a game or event in real time, usually during a live broadcast
** [Color commentary](/source/Color_commentary), supplementing play-by-play commentary, often filling in any time when play is not in progress
* [Criticism](/source/Criticism), the practice of judging the merits and faults of something or someone
* [Textual Criticism](/source/Textual_criticism), the production of scientifically reliable editions of historical texts
* ''Commentary! The Musical'', the musical commentary accompanying ''[Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog](/source/Dr._Horrible's_Sing-Along_Blog)''
* Commentary or narration, the words in a [documentary film](/source/documentary_film)
* [Literary criticism](/source/Literary_criticism), the study, evaluation, and interpretation of literature
** [Close reading](/source/Close_reading) in literary criticism, the careful, sustained interpretation of a brief passage of text
* [Political criticism](/source/Political_criticism) or political commentary, criticism that is specific of or relevant to politics
** [Public comment](/source/Public_comment)ary received by governmental and other bodies, e.g. in response to proposals, reports, etc.

==See also==
* [Commentry](/source/Commentry), a place in central France
* [Comment (disambiguation)](/source/Comment_(disambiguation))
* ''[Commentaire](/source/Commentaire)'', a French quarterly
* [Reaction video](/source/Reaction_video), commentaries in video format

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