Is a Literal Reading of the Bible a Relatively New Gimmick?

I have often wondered if there might not be some connection to the Crusades and when some Christians first began thinking of the Bible as the inerrant word of God. Was this idea perhaps "borrowed" from Islam, a hallmark of which is the belief that the Koran is the strict and literal word of God as passed to Mohammed by Gabriel? Indeed most (if not all) Muslims revere the Koran, even each individual copy, as a sacred object, never to be defiled or marred. It seems to me that this has always been an effort on the part of Islam to prove itself as the only true religion - the Koran being consideered the only truly unaltered text to proclaim God's Word. Perhaps some early Crusaders, exposed to these ideas in the Holy Land, brought them home to Europe? "The Bible is the true Word of God, therefore it must be at least as literal, and unadulterated, as the 'pagan' Koran is claimed to be?" I've never taken time to research this topic, so if anyone has information to pass on, it'd be appreciated.