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This is an outline of commentaries and commentators.Discussed are the salient points of Jewish, patristic, medieval, and modern commentaries on the Bible. The article includes discussion of the Targums, Mishna, and Talmuds, which are not regarded as Bible commentaries in the modern sense of the word, but which provide the foundation for later commentary.
It contains three types of commentary: (1) the p'shat, which discusses the literal meaning of the text; this has been adapted from the first five volumes of the JPS Bible Commentary; (2) the d'rash, which draws on Talmudic, Medieval, Chassidic, and Modern Jewish sources to expound on the deeper meaning of the text; and (3) the halacha l'maaseh ...
Synonyms of the New Testament: Fifth Edition Revised (1860). Proverbs and their Lessons (1861). Commentary on the Epistles to the Seven Churches in Asia: Revelation II, III (1863). Every Good Gift from Above (1864). Poems: Collected and Arranged Anew (1865). Studies in the Gospels (1867). A Household Book of English Poetry (1868).
A commentary of a philosophical text is an analysis of a philosophical text that is undertaken from different angles and points of view, ...
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
A single commentary will generally attempt to give a coherent and unified view on the Bible as a whole, for example, from a Catholic or Reformed perspective, or a commentary that focuses on textual criticism or historical criticism from a secular point of view. However, each volume will inevitably lean toward the personal emphasis bias of its ...
In philology, a commentary is a line-by-line or even word-by-word explication usually attached to an edition of a text in the same or an accompanying volume. It may draw on methodologies of close reading and literary criticism, but its primary purpose is to elucidate the language of the text and the specific culture that produced it, both of which may be foreign to the reader.
Zend or Zand (Middle Persian: 𐭦𐭭𐭣) is a Zoroastrian term for Middle Persian or Pahlavi versions and commentaries of Avestan texts. These translations were produced in the late Sasanian period. [1] Zand glosses and commentaries exist in several languages, including in the Avestan language itself. [2]