There were actually several compilations that floated around. There was much argument over which things should go into the "bible", each of those early books differed in what aspects of what we call the Old Testament should carry over from the Jewish texts. And there was talk over how much of ancient Hebrew mythology should be included in this text (cherubim, seraphim, nephalim for example... they are three types of "angels", yet they aren't mentioned more than in passing in much of the Bible). Realize also that those names are derivatives of their ancient hebrew names. And there was talk in how much of each book should be included in the Old Testament.
The New Testament was a bit different because most of the books refer to Jesus in some way. Most of these were also written in Greek, while simultaneously written in Aramaic. But the content of the NT only differed in which aspects of Jesus' life the priesthood wanted to pass on. The church at this time was still quite small, so there wasn't as much argument.
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