Is the God of the Old Testament Dehumanizing Women?

DavidC. Cook: The God of the Old Testament dehumanizes women or is he pushing his people towards something unknown in their world? I'm going to go with the latter. As Wright states this law embodies the Old Testament's concern to defend the weak against the strong. Do you find that use of the term patriarchal helpful? Is that capturing what the term actually means in its ancient context?"