Actually, I take very little in the Bible literally, so much is obviously allegorical. I do take literally the birth ,life, death and resurrection of the Son of God. That is all you need for salvation.
How can YOU separate the allegorical from the literal? There are so-called preachers who claim Christ did not actually come back to life but only in an allegorical sense. Same for the miracles.
And how would YOU separate the Sadducee beliefs from the Pharisee beliefs on resurrection of the dead and angels?