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The Bible to me is ONE work of art, whereas many view it as a "compilation" of books discussing God
You don't seem to get it. The Bible *is* a "compilation" of books discussing God. The Canon was only closed when Constantine ordered 50 Bibles printed - it was open for change for 300 years. Some early Christians working on the project actually argued for the omission of the Old Testament all together. Some gospels were included. Some weren't included. Some, such as the gospel of Thomas, were not even known about at the time because the gnostics (another early Christian sect, but not the one that went on to found the Roman Catholic Church) were in hiding.
It's hard for many Christians to accept, but creating what we know as the bible actually involved things like debate and bargaining - and this is just when the final collection of texts were put together. Earlier Jewish books, such as the Septuagent, were compiled from conflicting earlier texts by a team of 70 Rabbis; it's due to this why you see some parts of the bible that seem to repeat themselves in different times, places, or with different people (Moses has several of these).
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