The Biblical Conquest of Canaan and the Violence of God and Joshua

David Frum: How could God have commanded that all those Canaanites be put to death? He says the answer seems to be, and this is very much my opinion, that God didn't command this. The Bible portrays God as a warrior because he lets his children tell the story, Dr. Frum says. Even if the biblical conquest narrative is not historical, the point is that the ideology of extermination is still part of the biblical tradition,Frum says.