This is relevant to Jews, Christians, and Atheists interested in theology, cultural history, and particularly Ancient Near East studies.

In college I took a course on the Hebrew Bible, where we went through the Tanakh (Old Testament for Christians) in a couple months and analyzed its stories, characters, and themes. I've attached a Dropbox link that will show each lesson plan, the syllabus, and some various stuff like my homework and final exam. The homework each week was an abstract summary of our reading assignments from the Tanakh and our textbook, so you can read those for some quick info, bearing in mind that it was the work of a student.

Dropbox

Our textbook: The Hebrew Bible: A Comparative Approach

The course and textbook were designed to be objective, rather than teaching from a religious perspective (though there may be highlighted examples of how some of it is reflected in later religious works; I honestly can't remember).

The PDF lesson plans may seem a bit confusing because they're not just a script of each class. They start with a movie clip and a few questions to help the class relate to the stories being presented (and our professor really liked films). But generally they provide a lot of different sources of information for each section.

Any finally, my favorite Biblical scholar has openly published a vast amount of notes on the Bible, which can be read here. Bear in mind that these are from a Christian perspective, but in general they're very reliable and tend to stay objective from a cultural standpoint as well.

I'll definitely check this out whenever I'm in the mood for it.

Also, the lessons plans are out of order, so use the syllabus to sort it out or just pick one and start reading. It helps to have a bible out or in an internet tab so you can read around some of the quotes.