A second view sees the Gospels as the product of a historical process, written in a particular time and setting. Time: the earliest was probably written around 70, the last perhaps as late as the early second century. Setting: they are the product of early Christian communities, written from within and to those communities. As such, they combine early Christian memory of Jesus and testimony about Jesus: their memories of what he was like, of what he taught and did, and their testimony to what he had become in their experience and lives, his significance for them.
