Bohdan Kuryliak is a Ukrainian Protestant theologian and scholar specializing in New Testament studies. He currently serves as Associate Professor of New Testament at the Ukrainian Institute of Arts and Sciences (Ukraine) and as an adjunct professor at Andrews University (USA). Bohdan is also conducting a postdoctoral research project, “Annihilation of Sinners in the Gospel of John,” at the University of Zurich.

Bohdan earned a Master of Arts in Religion with a concentration in Biblical Studies from Andrews University (2021) and a Master of Religious Studies from the National University of Ostroh Academy (2019). He also holds bachelor’s degrees in Theology (2016) and Religious Studies (2017) from the Ukrainian Institute of Arts and Sciences.

In 2025, Bohdan completed his PhD with distinction magna cum laude at the University of Zurich under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Jörg Frey and Prof. Dr. Tobias Jammerthal, with Prof. Dr. Tobias Nicklas serving as external examiner. His doctoral dissertation, “Preterism, Idealism, Historicism, or Futurism? Interpretative Issues of the Apocalypse and Its Reception in Antiquity and Late Antiquity,” explores the exegesis of the Book of Revelation and its temporal dimension, with a particular emphasis on reception history.

Bohdan’s teaching career began in 2016 at the Bible Institute of the Western Conference in Lviv, Ukraine. In 2018, he was appointed Lecturer in New Testament at the Ukrainian Institute of Arts and Sciences, where he later served as Senior Lecturer (2022–2025) before being promoted to Associate Professor in 2025. His international research experience includes work at leading institutions such as the University of Oxford (2022–2023) and Aarhus University (2022). He has published with major academic publishers including Cambridge University Press, De Gruyter, Mohr Siebeck, and Peeters, and has presented at numerous international conferences. In addition to his academic work, Bohdan served as a pastor in Ukraine for five years.

Link to his CV (PDF, 521 KB)

• The Book of Revelation
• Apocalyptic Literature
• Eschatology;
• The Gospel of John
• Johannine literature
• Exegesis
• Biblical hermeneutics
• New Testament
• Early Christianity
• Reception History

Postdoctoral Project

“Annihilation of Sinners in the Gospel of John”

Monograph

Temporal Dimensions of the Apocalypse: Reception History in Ancient Christianity.
Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament 2. Reihe. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck
(2026) (accepted, forthcoming).

Journal articles (peer reviewed)

• “The Meaning of ἡμέρας καὶ νυκτὸς in Revelation 14:11 and 20:10: The Continuity with the End, not the Eternal Duration.” New Testament Studies (2026) (accepted, forthcoming).
• “The Meaning of Jesus’ Words “τοῦ θεοῦ μου” in Revelation 3:2, 12.” Biblische Zeitschrift (2026) (accepted, forthcoming).
• “The Meaning and Uses of Oxymora in the Book of Revelation.” Zeitschrift für die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft 116, no. 2 (2025): 284–295.
• “The Cosmic Conflict: Jesus Against the Devil in the Letter to the Church in Smyrna (Rev 2.8-11).” Scottish Journal of Theology 78, no. 2 (2025): 126–137.
• With Ihor Kuryliak. “Number 666 in Revelation 13:18 in the Light of Daniel 3.” Ephemerides Theologicae Lovanienses 101, no. 1 (2025): 1–24.
• With Ihor Kuryliak. “The Intermediate State: Revelation 6.9–11 and 20.4–6, 13 in the Light of Daniel 12.2, 13.” The Biblical Annals 15, no. 1 (2025): 145–164.
• With Ihor Kuryliak. “Daniel and Revelation: Blasphemy in the Cosmic Conflict.” Open Theology 10, no. 1 (2024): 1–17.
• “Seven Trumpets of the Book of Revelation in the Interpretation of Oecumenius.” Grani 24, no. 6 (2021): 23–33.
• “Seven Trumpets of the Book of Apocalypse in the Interpretation of Andrew of Caesarea.” Bulletin of the Lviv University. Philosophical Political Studies 36 (2021): 66–73. (In Ukrainian)
• “Apocalyptic Symbols of the Book of Revelation in the Interpretation of Tertullian.” Paradigm of Knowledge 48, no. 4 (2021): 45–67. (In Ukrainian)
• “Seven Seals in the Book of Revelation: Analysis of the Interpretation of Ticonius an African.” Scientific Bulletin of Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University. Series: Philosophy 813 (2019): 156–64. (In Ukrainian)
• “Seven Trumpets in the Book of the Apocalypse: Analysis of the Interpretation of Nikolai Orlov.” Practical Philosophy 74, no. 4 (2019): 149–56. (In Ukrainian)

Publications on Academia.edu

Publication list (PDF, 204 KB)

• Society of Biblical Literature
• Adventist Theological Society
• Adventist Society for Religious Studies