"I just don't see any woman I have anything in common with (other than Salome & Vashti, but they were the bad girls)..."
Do you normally have a lot in common with anyone who lived 2000 to 4000 years ago?
I'm human aren't I? In common simply means I understand them. I better understand Galileo's daughter or Abigail Adams or even Queen Elizabeth I than I do biblical characters.
Heck, I even understand Bodicca's mind better.
I don't think time in years is the issue, it's the hand of the writer....the one conveying the story.