Erkki Koskenniemi

Erkki Koskenniemi (b. 1956) is a Finnish pastor and biblical scholar with expertise in Classical antiquity and early Judaism. His published works include The Old Testament Miracle-Workers in Early Judaism (2005), The Exposure of Infants Among Jews and Christians in Antiquity (2009), and Greek Writers and Philosophers in Philo and Josephus (2019). Over several decades, he taught the Bible to both adults and youth before retiring in 2022. Marja and Erkki Koskenniemi have five sons and twelve grandchildren.

How Early Christians Viewed the Sanctity of Life

Erkki Koskenniemi
April 8, 2026

A typical family in ancient Rome was strikingly similar to a typical family in our time. Families often didn’t have more than three children. A whole family would have fit nicely in a modern car. In this chapter, we will take a look at how family planning was done in ancient times.

This blog post is excerpted from Love, Marriage, and Family: Learning from the Early Christians by Erkii Koskenniemi.

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