From my study of the New Testament, it was written over a period of years from about 49 AD to 98 AD. There are Gospels and Letters. The first Gospel, which we do not have a copy was Matthew in Hebrew or Aramaic. This was written by Matthew prior to his Greek Gospel, which we currently have. Then we have Mark written next between AD 65- AD 70. Mark was the secretary of Peter, so here we have Peter's Gospel. After that, before AD 70, we have Luke and Acts, which was originally one large book. Later it was separated into our current system. John's Gospel was written last, some day in the late 60's but others in late 90's just before the death of John. He dictated it to scribes and completed it before dying. There were also written sayings of Jesus called Logia or sometimes "Q". Also we must remember that the oral tradition about Jesus kept the story alive. Many early believers were illiterate and relied on oral tradition and story telling. That was very common in the East of that day.
The letters of Paul were written from late 40's to 50's and oerhaps the 60's. They were all written prior to the Roman-Jewish War of AD 66-70. AD 70 was the destruction of the Temple. The bulk of the New Testament was written before this time. Revelation may well have been written during the time of Nero in the 60's, or maybe later in the late 90's. It both the context of both eras.
Hope this helps some. Thanks and God bless you, Bro. Gary
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