What exactly are the Eder Scrolls? I know about the series but not what the series is about...
Also, does every Elder Scroll do every job? For example, in Skyrim you get the nearest Elder Scroll to you, and you can use it to go back in time sort of, do all Elder Scrolls have a multitude of functions or does each scroll have a job? If you get what I mean.

Thanks, 3rd thread, I just remembered all of my questions and decided to ask.

They are the schizophrenic scriblings of the Godhead.

http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:An_Accounting_of_the_Scrolls
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Ruminations_on_the_Elder_Scrolls
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Effects_of_the_Elder_Scrolls
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Pension_of_the_Ancestor_Moth