When and where did the Gospels evolve?

Answer 1

A:Tradition says that Matthew's Gospel was probably written in Judea, with some even believing that it was written in Hebrew or Aramaic. It is generally accepted that the remaining New Testament gospels were written in Greek. Many believe that Mark was written in Rome, possibly based on the memories of Peter. Most conservative Christians believe that all the gospels, except perhaps John, were written by about the middle of the first century.

The facts are very much different, according to New Testament scholars. They say that all the gospels were written anonymously in the Greek language and not attributed to Matthew, Mark, Luke and John until the second century, when the Church Fathers sought to establish who probably wrote each of the gospels.

Mark's Gospel was first, written approximately 70 CE and may have been based to some extent on Paul's Epistles as well as other non-Christian Greek texts and material found in the Old Testament. Matthew and Luke are now known to have been based on Mark, but also share a second source for material common to both of them but not found in Mark. John was loosely based on Luke, with some material taken direct from Mark. Scholars date Matthew to the eighties of the first century, although Raymond E. Brown says in An Introduction to the New Testament that several years should be allowed either side of that decade. Luke was written late in the nineties or quite early in the second century. John was written early in the second century.