u/Extreme-Meringue-960

When we say that we believe the Bible to be the word of God “as far as it is translated correctly,” what exactly does that mean? Have latter-day prophets or apostles spoken recently about this?

Is there any mention of whether certain books may not have been written directly by prophets or given through revelation, such as the account of Esther or the story of Job? Could some of these have been stories written to teach true principles rather than accounts of literal events, while still being included in the Bible?

There also seems to be a much clearer record in the Book of Mormon of who is writing, why they are writing, and where the record comes from, compared with some books in the Bible where the authorship and origins seem less clear.