Commentary

• 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 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, 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, 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==