Superbelt

I found I learned the most about the bible in religion class when my nuns and priests would give us historical perspective for the bible.
Learning the cultural norms of the hebrews at the time of Moses and the factional battles of the early christians before they put together the several dozen book NT out of the several thousand possible documents taught me alot about how humans and their personal values clouded the core message and altered dramatically what the NT could have been.
When you get that, the actual words IN the bible matter less.

I encourage you to take a late Roman History and Medieval History class that has at least a partial focus on the advent and development of the Christian religion at your university if you have the chance.