No, most Christian scholars throughout history have been literalists. But, they also recognize that certain portions of the Bible are not meant to be literal.

No, most Christian scholars throughout history have been literalists. But, they also recognize that certain portions of the Bible are not meant to be literal. All of the literalists I know of take this view. In fact, to think that everything is literal is not taking the Bible literally, since Jesus and the Apostles explicitly use metaphor themselves.