There is no such thing as The Bible

Hi BrianI don't have the literary or theological background to critique your whole post. As someone who believes that the Bible is a true revelation of God, but a revelation that is not necessarily told literally I'd like to make the following comment.The reason for the relatively minor differences in the translations is because of the degree of scholastic effort that has gone into making the Bible translations as accurate as possible. There is no other book in history that comes anywhere close to the degree of scrutiny that the Biblical texts have. There are relatively minor differences in the various translations, but as most of us agree the Bible does contain a great deal of allegory, then the fact that different translators have come up with some minor differences shouldn't be of major concern.The message in all of the tanslations remain consistent, in its message of God's love, hope, and redemption.